Customer Reviews

Gleaming the Cube [VHS]

5 star:		(38)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Gleaming the Cube is a great action flick if you're a fan of the typical 80's high flying intense action with weak plots. If you were a skateboarder around the time this film was released like myself, or a skater period. You will uphold this movie with high regard. This movie inspired so many people in the late 80's to start skateboarding. It introduces the intriguing and exciting culture of skateboarding paralleled to an action/mystery plot. The skateboarding scenes were shot well...due to the skateflick cinematography guru, Stacy Peralta. There were plenty of scenes with monumental tricks such as Natas Kaupas's famous ollie into the bed of the pickup truck. If you watch the movie today you can pinpoint certain mistakes that should have been edited. Like the poor stunt double shots ( you can tell that one stunt double is Mike McGill and the other guys on the streets are Rodney Mullen and Natas Kaupas). You also can't even forget about how they tried to actually make us believe that the Mike McGill skateboard and the skinny freestyle board with the same graphic were the same board...yeah right! Also, it's pretty funny, that whenever you see Christian Slater trying to skate he pushes goofy footed mongo. But all of his stunt doubles pushed regular footed. It's funny in a sarcastic sort of way, and its something that we all can identify and find humorous. But that's what makes this movie a classic amongst the skate population. It's something that all of us can immediately relate to. This is a must have for any real skate heads out there. It will immediately cause you to reminisce about a time when skating was genuinely all about having fun.

I love this movie! As a kid I used to watch this over and over and be in absolute awe of these skateboarders. Okay, I admit having a crush on Christian Slater as well... But, I am assuming it was more than that because I watched it 5 billion & 1 times or so it seemed. I had no clue they had brought out the DVD until it was too late. I had to buy it at a higher cost used. (Although it looked brand new.) It was well worth it, but now everyone wants to know how I got it. I wish the company would re-release this DVD again so that more people can buy it. C'mon! You get to see Tony Hawke when he was this gangly young teenager!!

The skate scenes alone merrit this movie great. In it's day it was a great skater movie. With new and improved DVD's, and videos on skating it has lost a little. But in the "B" movie world it's ranked up there at the top of the list with the rest. Some plot lines are ridiculous, but just to check out the underground bedroom, the scenes with a young Tony Hawk, and the skateboard we all wanted...C'mon admit it! Rent it, Burn it, love it! "B" movie greatness!

This is a great movie for skaters and non skaters. I'm a skater myself and I think its the best I've seen so far. In the movie, Christan Slater skates with his friends every day and his adopted brother finds out something strange at work and gets killed, so Christan Slater tries to find out who did it. It has sweet skating in it including pro skaters Rodney Mullen, Tony Hawk, Mike Vallelly, and others. The story is interesting and will pull you into it. It might take a while to understand it, but it will all fit together. I recommend this movie for those who haven't seen it.

This movie was awesome when I first saw it, but I was 13. I recently bought this movie for my younger brother because he's into the skating thing and there aren't many movies like this being made. As I was watching I noticed the acting to be very mediocre but the plot was pretty solid.

The best thing about this movie is the skateboarding celebrities doing a little acting. Tony Hawk being one of them. There's a lot of "old school" skate tricks going on and just looking at the huge boards they used shows how much stuff has evolved.

Overall I think this will appeal to the younger teen audience. If you're interested in that genre though, this is a must have classic.

This movie is a great 80s skater flick and i highly recommend it, as i found out that this came to dvd only 3 months after it was released and was already out of print..i cant believe they put a movie out of print in 3 months!?. Oh Well if it ever comes back i will DEFINETELY BUY IT, thats how much i love this movie! 80s movies rock!!

I bought the UK edition of the DVD (on Carlton's Silver Collection) for about £10, although the film is really good, the quality of the DVD is terrible, I'd not recommend buying it and would suggest getting the US region one version instead.

Ok, so this movie is utter crap...who cares? When I was 9 years old, Christian Slater was quite possibly the coolest person on the planet. Every bit of that coolness came from this movie. When you go back and watch it again you remember how much of a dork you really were with half of your head shaved and the other half covered with partly bleached hair that completely obscured the vision of one eye. God it was great. So complain if you will about the movie lacking plot or any number of other qualities that are so desirable in classic and modern cinema, but this was the 80's preteen guide to all that was cool. If all this wasn't enough, the skaters in THIS movie actually skated...you know...what skaters do sometimes in between destroying cars and jumping off the roof into bushes in the new skate videos.

i've seen this movie exactly 37 times. i love it sooooooooo much. this movie was the reason i started skateboarding. tony hawk and steve caballero are excellent. its awesome to see tony hawk then and now with a 6 year old kid. and what can i say about christian slater? hes drop dead gorgeous and he learned to skate from hawk. i luvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv this movie and im gonna see for the 38th time now.

I saw this movie, on opening day, in Tucson, Arizona. I remember it like yesterday. I was skating with my best friends, outside the theatre, and I broke my board, doing a trick. I was heartbroken and the movie cured me but it made me want to skate even more... What a great time to grow up! A fantastic movie and an instant classic for my generation.