Skatetown U.S.A.

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Shannon H If you ever spent your weekends at the roller rink and you appreciate choreography, disco and the nostalgia of a cast full of favorites from our youth, this is worth seeing. The entire movie is on roller skates. Elaborate dance routines, lifting partners while keeping time to the music. I feel that alone is sorely undervalued. So much training and rehearsal had to be done to achieve the level needed for the movie and they were excellent. Yes, the storyline is stupid, the comedy bits are stupid but the skating is fantastic. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/23/24 Full Review Audience Member Not a particularly good movie, but if you've ever wanted to see Patrick Swayze as the leader of evil roller-disco gang, you should check it out. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member I've only seen this (in recent years, but that's probably the only time) on YouTube in around 14 pieces, so I'd love to see it on an actual TV, in one piece. Of the few skating movies from that era, I'd say this one spends the most time in the rink (almost all of it). Lots of stars of the day, too (...it's like "The Love Boat" on wheels!) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member I used to love the roller rink when I was a kid. Not really old enough to get into the pure hype of it all when it was in its disco hey day but I do remember skating in 1980 when Another Bites the Dust was big. That was a fucking awesome song to skate to. Personally I used to spend more time in the arcade then on the rink though..anyways Skatetown USA is a fun little trip down memory lane to the roller disco in all its cheesy goodness. Not nearly as good as Roller Boogie it still has a huge nostalgia w/ neon & disco balls galore. It's like the Disney World of skate halls. Plus it has time capsule actors like Scott Baio, Maureen McCormick & Ron 'Horseshack' Palillo in the cast. How can you not get more retro kitch then that? Worth it alone to see Patrick Swayze in his first role who tries to prove what a badass skater he is to do a routine w/ his own belt Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member If a roller disco movie with Scott Baio, Maureen McCormick, Flip Wilson, Patrick Swayze & Ron Palillo sounds good to you, then you really can't afford to miss this one. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member i saw this when i was about 9 or 10 years old and at the time it was cool. roller disco was in and i used to go to a place like this (though not as glitzy). some 30 years later i finally found a copy of it to watch. verdict: cheesy, silly and downright stupid BUT a lot of fun for me. i'm pretty sure i saw this on a matinee double bill with "roller boogie". in this movie are "stars" from tv shows at the time: scott baio (happy days), ron palillo (welcome back kotter), and maureen mccormick (brady bunch). and making his big screen debut? patrick swayze! there's virtually no plot- it's more or less just a bunch of scenes strung together. but for those of us old enough to remember this era this is a fun way to transport yourself back for an hour and a half. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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