Gleaming the Cube (1989)
1h 46m | PG-13
An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the case, with a skateboard.
Director: Graeme Clifford
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action
Video: 720p
Cast
Christian Slater
as Brian Kelly
Steven Bauer
as Al Lucero
Richard Herd
as Ed Lawndale
Ed Lauter
as Mr. Kelly
Le Tuan
as Colonel Trac
Peter Kwong
as Bobby Nguyen
Reviews
Yeah, it's not the best movie. It could actually be a lot better... but it is entertaining as all.... heck? Even if you aren't hip to the whole skater thing, this is a seriously fun movie to watch in the cheap 80s action/adventure kind of way. It has a compelling enough police drama vide, even if most of the action is centered around skateboarding... which is also fun to watch. I honestly think a lot of the distaste comes from the fact that it is capitalizing on what was, in the 80s, seen as a passing fad. But the story is still solid for what it is. It has a good message about family ties. It has actual character growth. The story is something that Hollywood has forgotten to do lately, make a compelling narrative. But this somehow manages to accomplish that and still, you know, exploit the skater phenomenon that was sweeping the nation at the time.