Product Details

• Actors: Tony Hawk, Boom Boom Sabotage
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Funimation Prod
• DVD Release Date: September 12, 2006
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FS2VV8
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #73,960 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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Strange but captivating, Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Sabotage is a virtual adventure built around a singular idea: using motion-capture technology to turn skateboarding stunts into impressive computer animation. The weird story finds a ghoulish but down-on-its-luck circus fallen on hard times and unable to book a performance in the town of Lincolnville's civic arena. The ringleader, Grimley, conspires to sabotage an upcoming performance by Tony Hawk in the facility, and put on his own circus act for an audience awaiting the skateboarding legend. Hawk (who provides his own voice) and a couple of his buddies are kidnapped, and the only people who know it are several teen slackers determined to rescue their hero. The barely human villain and his cohorts, good for a laugh, are a little reminiscent of the Blue Meanies in Yellow Submarine, and the adolescent heroes are likable in their unformed way. Plentiful sequences of skateboarding action (on a halfpipe, railings, and steps, etc.) are the real star, however, and look pretty good digitally translated. --Tom Keogh

Product Description

Lincolnville used to be home to Grimley's Old Tyme Circus...but the city has transformed into a metropolis with a love for technology and extreme sports. Just as Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huckjam ramps up to replace the outdated circus, Tony Hawk is kidnapped by circus freaks! Now, a group of skater kids may be his only hope. Filmed in 3D CG Animation using Motion Capture Technology and starring the animated likeness, voice and motion-captured skateboarding of superstar Tony Hawk!! Approximate running time: 70 minutes -- Direct to DVD Movie The DVD includes 30+ minutes of Tricked Out Extras: the making of Boom Boom Sabotage, Bloopers, Interviews, Auditions, Games and More...

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars GREAT CG SKATEBOARDING, BUT, DVD IS NOT FOR CHILDREN, October 13, 2006

By	A. Daguio "tHE pLAYER" (eARTH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Okay, first of all just to fill you in about me, even though, you don't care... I can't skate, but me and my kids love watching Tony Hawk and his touring team skate, in fact I have most of his tour videos, and the movie Gleaming the Cube with Chris Slater, my kids... they have the complete series of Tony Hawk's PS2 games and the 3 Tricks & Tips box set.
Okay now to review this cg movie.
Parents, I know kids loves Tony Hawk... but, beware! This is a Not Rated cartoon DVD it has a Japanese Anime concept. Before I let my kids watch any videos with adult theme in it specially skateboarding movies I take the point to either read online reviews about the movie or I go watch it myself first, and me watching the whole video, this one is not for kids, this is for teenagers, my rating on this is PG-13, with all the harsh remarks, screaming and yelling, gross humor like drinking somebody else's snut in a cup, decaying toe nails swarmed by flies, guy getting smack on the nuts (can I say that?), kids doing stunts that could kill them in the real world, etc...
Motion capture is a very old concept in animation, it was used even when cartoon characters were just drawn manually and then transfered to cells, and I say, it was superbly done here, the 3d skate shots are great, watching the cg Tony skate you can tell that it is the real life Tony who was skating.
The best video, so far, that Tony Hawk produced which is kids friendly is the 3 Tricks & Tips series.
The Clown villains were created very grossingly scary, ugly & redneck looking (What becuase I'm ugly-looking I'm a villain, stereo-typing?), that a 6 years old watching this will most likely either cry, turn off the tv or get nightmares.
Kids are the mass Tony Hawk followers, yes, even a 6 years old loves Tony I know, I have one, this could have been a 5 star for me, if they made the video watchable for a 6 years old, at least. I know the heroes are teenage kids, but, this is still a cartoon, and cartoons and kids go together, leave the anime or manga concept to the Japanese.
I'm looking forward to a tamer follow-up series of this cg-3d-anime, it's got a potential, and I'll probably buy a remake of this feature dvd for my kids, without the gross humor, monster looking freak-of-the-week clowns, and the rest of the stuff I mentioned about the PG-13 rating.
Get a new editor, too, there's an editing screw-up in the movie when the kids were video taping the rail trick while DJ is being kidnapped by the crooks, the kids already caught it on the videocam when DJ is getting thrown into the camper, and then later on when the kids are aiming to stop them DJ is getting thrown again into the truck. Sorry, Tony but I got use to watching every scene in your videos while waiting for an awesome trick to happen, specially when you're the one skating.
We're also waiting for the DVD release of the Live Boom Boom show... the making is not that great, we want the entirety of the actual show not behind it.
MORE POWER, TONY! (You're not getting too old for these.)

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm not into sk8ing, but that's an amaising sk8ters fairytale, October 18, 2007

By	Boyan Dzhorgov "The Rebeat" (Sofia, Bulgaria) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Well... what can I say... this is a movie that made me feel like a happy kid... amasing animation technics... motion capture of skateboard riding and beyond... combined with a great story and lots of nice humor. A big FAT BRAVO for everyone involved !!! Respect.

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, September 24, 2006

By	Kelly Greaves - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I ordered this for my 7 year old son, who is a huge fan of Tony Hawk. Tony Hawk has been a great role model for my son, who wears a helmet when skating/biking, gets up and tries stunts again and again, all because Tony Hawk shows that practice and safety are important when learning any trick. When he falls, he will tell me that he has to "get back up and try again, like Tony Hawk does". He proudly wears Hawk clothing, as do his friends. We have been to the Boom Boom Huck Jam tour, and were impressed with the clean language and family friendly environment. So of course, on the day it was released, we bought this movie for my son as a birthday gift. This movie, however, was dark, creepy, and a complete disappointment. It should be rated for teens, and should not have an unrated status. It is similar more to the "Nightmare Before Christmas". The "carnies" act evil throughout the show (I am not exagerating, either!). The ending was kid friendly, but the rest of it truely should be PG 13.As "Hawk" fans who look to Tony and his crew as role models for kids (and skating is GREAT exercise!), we found this movie to be a waste of time and money. However, his skate video games are really good! I guess with everything else that comes out of Tony Hawk, being excellent, we expected this to be as well...