Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 5
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Release Date: Jan 13, 1989 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 8,370
Gleaming the Cube does for skateboarding what Over the Top did for arm wrestling -- i.e. not a hell of a lot. Christian Slater is the skateboarding star, playing Brian Kelly, a sneering and laconic teen outcast. He feels left out and envious of his adopted Vietnamese brother Vinh's (Art Chudabala) success as an honor roll student and as the center of attention in his family. When Vinh commits suicide, Brian is suspicious and rolls away on his skateboard to find out what really happened -- and
Jan 13, 1989 Wide
Jun 1, 1999
Vestron Video
All Critics (12) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (5)
A Cool blast from the past that encompasses as many sensational skating sequences as it does cinematic suspense
Sucked then, sucks now.
Consider the cube duly gleamed.
A very exciting thriller with the best skateboarding chase scenes I've ever seen. Slater is fantastic in this movie, and so cute. I loved it.
September 6, 2010Super Reviewer
Dumb action thriller that tries to combine crime drama with skateboarding. Lacking in humour, and other than the preposterous title, completely forgettable.
May 23, 2007
Super Reviewer
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