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Gleaming the Cube

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6.0/10 • 137

1989-01-131h 46m

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All he cared about was gleaming the cube...until the night they killed his brother.

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.

Directors
Graeme Clifford
Writters
Michael Tolkin
Editors
John Wright

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  1. Christian Slater

    Christian Slater

    Brian Kelly

  2. Steven Bauer

    Steven Bauer

    Al Lucero

  3. Richard Herd

    Richard Herd

    Ed Lawndale

  4. Ed Lauter

    Ed Lauter

    Mr. Kelly

  5. Le Tuan

    Le Tuan

    Colonel Trac

  6. Peter Kwong

    Peter Kwong

    Bobby Nguyen

  7. Charles Cyphers

    Charles Cyphers

    Harvey McGill

  8. Micole Mercurio

    Micole Mercurio

    Mrs. Kelly

  9. Min Luong

    Min Luong

    Tina Trac

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GenerationofSwine

Jan 12, 2023

10/10

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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$10,000,000.00
Revenue
$2,777,280.00
Keywords
skateboardinglos angeles, california