Gleaming the Cube (1989)

[doucheball 7]

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleaming_the_Cube

[RyanMcKenna 2]

I loved this movie. And young Tony Hawk has a surprisingly big role. It's fun. ..and ridiculous.

[LucasDigman 1]

Gleaming the Cube

When getting even means risking it all.

 

C'mon, Christian Slater and Tony Hawk! This episode has to happen! Loved this flick when I was young but it's so bad.

[Blast Hardcheese 636]

I think that there is a basic conceit in Hollywood that so-called "actions sports" movies need to be grafted onto crime movies for some reason: Premium Rush, Point Break (the shitty remake, not the superior original), and this film. I know I'm missing some more, but there is a trend there.

[JoeJanz 1]

Please oh please do Gleaming the Cube!

Its a buddy cop film, its got action, adventure, bad cover songs from the 1950's performed by asians!

[Ofcoursemyhorse 1043]

Bump for this movie and its nonsensical name.

[Blast Hardcheese 636]

...and skateboarding aplenty! This film could blow-out Paul's "signs of a shitty movie" list.

[Ofcoursemyhorse 1043]

The skateboarding was well done at least. But yea there's no way this movie didnt check all of Pauls boxes off.

[joel_rosenbaum 1269]

Tony Hawk:

 

[Skanktastic 2]

I'm pretty sure Christian Slater had NEVER been on a skateboard in his life prior to filming this movie.

 

HDTGM? has GOT to do this one. It's got Yabo and his sweet, bomb shelter lair!

 

 

I love how Christian Slater's mom actually calls Yabo, "Yabo" (instead of his actual name, like most mothers would normally do...)

[Baron 8]

Awe man I love this movie!

[ReporterAmber 10]

Hopped on just to recommend this one (which I loved as a kid, for the record). This is such a natural fit for HDTGM. It’d be tubular! 

[Bayihong 0]

Definitely needs to be added to the queue

[Ofcoursemyhorse 1043]

I loved the Airborne episode, but I think they would have had a significantly better time breaking this one down instead. Theres just so much more going in terms of plot. Like I can understand a studio greenlighting a fish out of water movie about a kid who skateboards having to deal with the culture shock of moving from California to the middle of the country. 

I'm significantly more confused as to how in the hell a group of people reached a consensus that this movie was a good idea.  The conversations that led to this movie being made must have been amazing. 

 

[Vyncent 0]

This movie is great, and I think it deserves a bump since it's available streaming on Amazon Prime included with Prime.

[Dignan17 0]

This movie! I've loved it for years. I even have a poster for it.

[What Were They Thinking 4]

Premium Rush is legit great.