have you ever heard of this movie? its a classic (ie terrible) 80s movie about skateboarding that stars christian slater. in junior high i had a friend, david carrol, who was obsessed with this movie. he was kind of a skater-wannabe, so it made sense. i just never got around to watching it and attempting to shair in his love for this movie.
well, this morning i had nothing to do, so i was surfing around on my dads 'on demand' cable thingy. i happened to notice this movie in the free section, and figured out of respect of david, and a never fulfilled curiosity, i should watch it.
surprise! turns out, its pretty lame. slater plays a kid whose brother is killed but the guys responsible for it make it look like a suicide. slater takes it upon himself to get to the bottom of it. there are many moments along the way where he must spend some time in self reflection, which of course is shown though 'cool' skateboarding tricks and campy electric guitar riffs. in a ridiculous turn of events it turns out that it is a group of vietnamese arms dealers who are responsible, and slater ends up saving the day single handedly. oh, and he gets the girl. and skates a lot. i hoping it was a lot cooler at the time, otherwise david had a really bad taste in movies...
surprise! turns out, its pretty lame. slater plays a kid whose brother is killed but the guys responsible for it make it look like a suicide. slater takes it upon himself to get to the bottom of it. there are many moments along the way where he must spend some time in self reflection, which of course is shown though 'cool' skateboarding tricks and campy electric guitar riffs. in a ridiculous turn of events it turns out that it is a group of vietnamese arms dealers who are responsible, and slater ends up saving the day single handedly. oh, and he gets the girl. and skates a lot. i hoping it was a lot cooler at the time, otherwise david had a really bad taste in movies...
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