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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.
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| Release Date | 1989-01-13 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 41m |
| Directors | Reed Smoot, Graeme Clifford, Dennis M. White, Frank Capra III, Daniel R. Suhart, Buddy Joe Hooker, Stacy Peralta, Al Nicholson, Paul Edwards, Pat Darrin |
| Producers | David Foster, Lawrence Turman, Michael Tolkin, John Turman |
| Writer | Michael Tolkin |
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.
— GenerationofSwine