Gleaming the Cube

Name: Gleaming the Cube
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Action
Released: 1989-01-13
Cast: Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Richard Herd, Ed Lauter, Le Tuan

All he cared about was gleaming the cube...until the night they killed his brother.

1989PG-131h 46mMovieStreaming now

An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater believes he was murdered. It's up to him to solve the case, with a skateboard.

Crime
Thriller
Action
Skateboarding
Los Angeles, California

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Cast

Christian SlaterBrian Kelly
Steven BauerAl Lucero
Richard HerdEd Lawndale
Ed LauterMr. Kelly
Le TuanColonel Trac
Peter KwongBobby Nguyen
Charles CyphersHarvey McGill
Micole MercurioMrs. Kelly
Min LuongTina Trac
Art ChudabalaVinh Kelly
Max PerlichYabbo
Tony HawkBuddy
Tommy GuerreroSam
Christian JacobsGremic

Details

Director: Graeme Clifford
Writers: Michael Tolkin
Release date: January 13, 1989
Runtime: 1h 46m
Budget: $10M
Box office: $2.8M worldwide
Original language: English
Studios: Gladden Entertainment, The Turman-Foster Company

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Platform	Score	Points
IMDb9,293 votes	6.3	6 pts
Rotten Tomatoes	29%	3 pts
Metacritic	40	5 pts
Letterboxd	not available	skipped

Platform	Score	Points
IMDb9,293 votes	6.3	6 pts
Rotten Tomatoes	29%	3 pts
Metacritic	40	5 pts
Letterboxd	not available	skipped