Gleaming the Cube

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Gregory K Deserves better than the critics' score. When this came out it had a huge marketing push on MTV but it wasn't enough to turn it into a hit. Later on the movie became a staple of Showtime and Cinemax TV networks' mid-afternoon slots. That's where I and most of my generation first encountered it. At it's heart it's a classic urban crime drama, the skateboarding is inserted as gimmick to give the movie some youthful edge. The antagonists are surprisingly sympathetic and seem to be stuck in the same mess as Slater's hero. Not a great movie for 1989 but by the low standards of screenwriting in 2024 this movie feels like Shakespeare today. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/21/24 Full Review Torin F More plotted than you might expect, GLEAMING THE CUBE combines solid skateboarding action with a sort of David and Goliath story. The thriller takes a few strange turns, but also tries for some California cultural complexity along the way, and is bolstered by the many things that make 80's movies so memorable, even if this one isn't exactly a "classic." Plus Christian Slater really is pretty cool. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/27/23 Full Review Carolina A Insanely shitty movie with insanely shitty writing. But it's fun to watch and everybody in the movie is INSANELY attractive. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/30/23 Full Review Seneca favorite movie of all time tbh. it's soo cheesy it's good Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/14/23 Full Review Huge Chrome P What looks on the surface to be a gimmicky romp trying to cash in on the extreme sports uprising of its time.....is just that. Somehow Gleaming the Cube is competent in all of its areas surrounding the skateboard motifs and puts forth a somewhat engaging little mystery. Although it's slogs through the middle portion of the film Gleaming the Cube no doubt picks up towards the end and the campy skateboard infused car chase is easy to embrace. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review scott p Best skateboarding movie of all time. Real skaters were in it, it's a fun 80's high school movie, only 80s high school movies seem to get high school and I wasn't in high school until the mid 90s. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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