Gleaming the Cube

GLEAMING THE CUBE (aka A BROTHER'S JUSTICE; SKATE OR DIE) (15)

D: Graeme Clifford

Rank/Gladden (Lawrence Turman)

USA 🇺🇸 1988

105 mins

Thriller/Crime

W: Michael Tolkin

DP: Reed Smoot

Ed: John Wright

Mus: Jay Ferguson

Christian Slater (Brian Kelly), Steven Bauer (Al Lucero), Richard Herd (Ed Lawndale), Le Huan (Col. Trac), Min Luong (Tina Trac)

Christian Slater plays a skateboarder whose adopted Vietnamese brother is murdered, compelling Slater to track down the killer himself.

This dated film from the 80's had some promise, but doesn't really work under its premise or paint-by-numbers plot which is similar to every other movie of its type with some skateboarding and a Tony Hawk cameo chucked in. It will probably only appeal to those who understand what the title means (skateboard terminology apparently meaning to push the boundaries of your limits) and quite literally, nobody else.

4/10