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      Thrashin'

      PG-13 Released Aug 29, 1986 1h 30m Action List
      Reviews 71% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score Corey (Josh Brolin) and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into any real trouble. Notorious enemy crew the Daggers, led by Tommy Hook (Robert Rusler), get their kicks terrorizing the locals at Venice Beach. When Corey starts dating Tommy's kid sister, the Daggers are furious. The boys then take their beef to the "L.A. Massacre," a deadly skate race down a canyon road. Read More Read Less Watch on Prime Video Stream Now

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      StephenPaul C The greatest 1.5 hours ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/17/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my all time favorite movies from when I was a kid. Must have watched this movie over 100 times. Amazing sound track, still listen to the songs today. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member For all the love that people have for Rad, let me tell you, Trashin' was just as big in the video rental stores of my youth. Maybe it's because I skated and so much of my culture came from Thrasher Magazine, but this movie is just as good to me, if not as celebrated today. I mean, Vinegar Syndrome isn't rushing out a 4K of this one. Corey Webster (Josh Brolin!) is an amateur skateboarder new to L.A. who wants to win a downhill competition when he meets Chrissy (Pamela Gidley, Cherry 2000 herself!), a girl who knocks him for a loop. She just happens to be the sister of Hook (Robert Rusler, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge), the leader of The Daggers, a punk rock skateboard gang who now wants to knock out our hero. Sure, it all works out, but along the way, some of the greatest skaters of the 80s show up, like Tony Alva, Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Christian Hosoi and Steve Caballero. There are also appearances by Brooke McCarter (Paul of The Lost Boys), Brett Marx (Jimmy Feldman from The Bad News Bears movies) and Josh Richman, who directed several Guns ‘n Roses videos. Oh yeah — Sherilyn Fenn plays Velvet, one of the Daggers' girls. The soundtrack to this is kinda all over the place, with a theme song by Meat Loaf, of all people, yet there are plenty of scene correct punk and metal shirts, as well as Fear and the Circle Jerks songs. Perhaps the best music part of this film is an appearance by the Freaky Styley-era Red Hot Chili Peppers, back before anyone cared who they were and they'd show up in movies like this and Tough Guys. Director David Winters started his career as an actor, showing up on Broadway in West Side Story and Gypsy before becoming a choreographer — he was the first to choreograph the Watusi, originated the Freddie and helped Elvis and Ann-Margaret dance in Viva Las Vegas. His first directorial effort was the Alice Cooper film Welcome to my Nightmare and he also was behind the Joe Spinell movie The Last Horror Film. His producing credits are insane, with everything from Linda Lovelace for President* to Young Lady Chatterley, Killer Workout and owned Action International Pictures, where David Prior made all manner of films. So yeah. Thrashin'. Go find it. *Lovelace dated Winters after divorcing Chuck Traynor. She credited him for introducing her to culture. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Classic film. So many great moments, intentional and unintentional. Amazing crew and cast. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member This is another movie I discovered on terrestrial TV, specifically Charge TV, after midnight which stars semi-celebrity Josh Brolin & "introduces" Pamela Gidley. What's unfortunate about Gidley, who died a few months ago, is that this is the 2nd movie of hers I saw on TV after "Mafia!" was on Laff last night. Not only that, but only a few days after her death, #RIPPamelaGidley wasn't trending on Twitter anymore. Forgotten is not the way to go out for any thespian trying to make it in Hollywood. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member a true skate movie with real skaters (most of) in awesome scenes! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Noel Murray The Dissolve A lot of what's entertaining today about Thrashin' is inadvertent. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 6, 2015 Full Review Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Perhaps the greatest movie ever made. Rated: A+ Jul 3, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Corey (Josh Brolin) and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into any real trouble. Notorious enemy crew the Daggers, led by Tommy Hook (Robert Rusler), get their kicks terrorizing the locals at Venice Beach. When Corey starts dating Tommy's kid sister, the Daggers are furious. The boys then take their beef to the "L.A. Massacre," a deadly skate race down a canyon road.
      Director
      David Winters
      Producer
      Charles W. Fries, Mike Rosenfeld
      Screenwriter
      Paul Brown, Alan Sacks
      Production Co
      Winters Hollywood Entertainment Holdings Corporation
      Rating
      PG-13
      Genre
      Action
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 29, 1986, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 1, 2015
      Runtime
      1h 30m
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