FeaturePG-131989·106m·6.0

Gleaming the Cube

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

CrimeThrillerAction

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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Cast

Christian Slater

Brian Kelly

Steven Bauer

Al Lucero

Richard Herd

Ed Lawndale

Ed Lauter

Mr. Kelly

Le Tuan

Colonel Trac

Peter Kwong

Bobby Nguyen

Charles Cyphers

Harvey McGill

Micole Mercurio

Mrs. Kelly

Min Luong

Tina Trac

Art Chudabala

Vinh Kelly

Max Perlich

Yabbo

Tony Hawk

Buddy

Tommy Guerrero

Sam

Christian Jacobs

Gremic

Joe Gosha

Nick Oliver

Andy Nguyen

Tran Thanh

Kieu Chinh

Madame Trac

Joshua Ravetch

Student Pilot

Jack Riley

Homeowner

Ángela Moya

Housekeeper

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$10.0M
Revenue
$2.8M
Age rating
PG-13
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Gladden EntertainmentThe Turman-Foster Company

Crew

Director

Graeme Clifford

Writers

Michael Tolkin

Reed Smoot

Director of Photography

John Wright

Editor

Jay Ferguson

Original Music Composer

John Muto

Production Design

Gallery

Reviews

GenerationofSwine

1/12/2023

10.0

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.