Gleaming the Cube

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Summary: My bros is introduced 2 Powell Peralta
Review: ...N-E-wayz this movie is nice, I enjoy everything about this flik. The acting, the cast, and the script pretty much. But overall seeing the oldskool skaters Thrash the streets.Last time I seen that kinda suprize was when Tony Hawk plays the stunt double 4 USA'z favorite smarty pants "David Spade" in the hilarious film Police Academy 4 Citizens on Patrol.(87) Well thanx 4 lendin an ear and I enjoy this Website....so until then Peace & Safe Journey

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Summary: If you like Christian Slater, you'll like this movie
Review: A must for all Christian Slater lovers!! This movie reminds me of growing up amidst skaters and the like in California. At times a laugh and a half, this really is a good movie and I definitely recommend it.

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Summary: Read this it is very important SAVE YOUR MONEY !!!!
Review: After seeing the prices on here and on Ebay and a few other sites that offer used DVDs and VHS and whatnot... I decided to try something out. I sent a few emails out to Artisan Entertainment, the company that owns all rights to this moviw, and after a while of not getting any kind of reply I sent out a few more waves using my various email accounts. After a 2 week deluge of emails from about 25 email addresses... they decided to send out a form email response that basically stated that they had plans to redistribute the movie in November of 2003 but had to postpone it for a few more months. Either way, this means that they will be redistributing the movie onto DVD soon. Save your money and wait.

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Summary: you're an idiot if...
Review: anyone who tries to sell or buy this movie, for above a normal retail price, is an idiot. The same goes for anyone trying to sell it for 200 to a 1000. I know it's out of print, but that's highway robbery. It's a great movie, but its not worth such a high price.

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Summary: Best of the Feature Skater films
Review: Anyone who wishes to dis this film should remember some things:
RAD, RAD and damn, yeah,... RAD. I am not propping this film with the absolute fact that the other skate-boarding films were an insulting waste of time, NOOOO. This film was no Bergman, but the combination of average to better than average elements such as plot, stunts, FX, and music elevate this film to just shy of cult status. We now have Tony Hawk Playstation games and Thrasher best of videos, but they exist in their own media and genre. This was a FEATURE film.
Christian Slater is not Laurence Olivier, but he was great in his catagory, the teen-angst poster-boy. His positions in Heathers and True Romance bear this out. This film was a launching pad. Anyway, onto the meat. The final chase scene rivals the big-budget SPEED (1994) just by sheer inventiveness, not to mention the fact that after all the stunts performed, we end up with a nice dose of reality; A shredded skateboard, and C.S. in the hospital. His Concrete barrier velocity ramp off through the air, smack the gun out of the bad guys hand final move gets a Come ONNNN rating of 2 out of 10. Which is good. Highly unlikely, but cinematically well done. And he goes to the hospital. The balance warrants the rating. I love Tony Hawk, but he should have had a little time and a real speaking part. Not the Gratuitous head on shot in the pizza truck. Otherwise, this film has a special place in my stolen milk crate. Via con Dios, Amigos. The Basher

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Summary: 5 stars ~ need i say more?
Review: Christian Slater truely shows his acting ability at a young age. True, he's made movies before and after, but this is truly his finest work in my opinion. This should be #2 on the list of 80's movies. (first would have to be the breakfast club)

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Summary: Influential Movie.....Typical Action Plot
Review: Gleaming the Cube is a great action flick if you're a fan of the typical 80's high flying intense action with weak plots. If you were a skateboarder around the time this film was released like myself, or a skater period. You will uphold this movie with high regard. This movie inspired so many people in the late 80's to start skateboarding. It introduces the intriguing and exciting culture of skateboarding paralleled to an action/mystery plot. The skateboarding scenes were shot well...due to the skateflick cinematography guru, Stacy Peralta. There were plenty of scenes with monumental tricks such as Natas Kaupas's famous ollie into the bed of the pickup truck. If you watch the movie today you can pinpoint certain mistakes that should have been edited. Like the poor stunt double shots ( you can tell that one stunt double is Mike McGill and the other guys on the streets are Rodney Mullen and Natas Kaupas). You also can't even forget about how they tried to actually make us believe that the Mike McGill skateboard and the skinny freestyle board with the same graphic were the same board...yeah right! Also, it's pretty funny, that whenever you see Christian Slater trying to skate he pushes goofy footed mongo. But all of his stunt doubles pushed regular footed. It's funny in a sarcastic sort of way, and its something that we all can identify and find humorous. But that's what makes this movie a classic amongst the skate population. It's something that all of us can immediately relate to. This is a must have for any real skate heads out there. It will immediately cause you to reminisce about a time when skating was genuinely all about having fun.

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Summary: An actoin-adventure, that you can't stop watching!!!!
Review: Gleaming the Cube is the awesomest skateboarding movie there ever was. The story is brilliantly written. And christian Slateer is soooo hot, which it makes the movie even more exciting. If you have any sense at all, buy this movie. It's worth the money.

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Summary: Gleaming The Cube
Review: Hehe.... the '80s and skatebaording.... what better way to spend a boring summer day!

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Summary: A HUNDRED BUCKS !
Review: Hey, it's a great movie for the times (80s), but a hundred bucks for the DVD!?

...don't forget actress Min Luong in those erstwhile credits (also Big Trouble in Little China '86)