jpinzone This movie was entertaining for what it was worth, and I thought it picked up towards the end. It was contrived in many ways, but if you are trying to be a professional athelete in Australia you probably would look up to the Americans if they invented the sport. So I think that including Tony Hawk in this was not as stupid as some people think.To people who say that this film was unrealistic, you probably haven't experienced the dingy areas of Melbourne and Sydney. The thing people are saying about it making skaters look bad is questionable because it wasn't like they were condoning their actions when they burnt the science lab down.The plot was a bit shallow, but I thought the inclusion of the cartoons that Spasm drew on yellow post-its added to the atmosphere and gave an insight into Spasm's psychology.I thought the way they portrayed the police was a bit far fetched but not incomprehensible. There was a familiar ring to most of the movie and I could relate a lot of it to areas and people I have seen and met. However, the acting was overdone and it kind of reminded me of something you might see on Neighbours only with better production values. I think one of the saving graces of this was the few skate tricks they actually had in it, particularly Spasm's new combo that he landed when no one was around at night. There was a notable lack of skills from the other skaters in the trio.Maybe this movie could have been done better if they let the actors improvise more or used real skaters to advise on the dialogue. The character "Stickers" was the kind of person that really does exist in Australia, but I don't know if he should have been included here. He was amusing in a pathetic way but it seemed to be the straw that broke the camel's back.

hdscratch Dang, the artistic value of this movie is through the roof, if nothing else, and the original music is O.G. style as well as the non-original music. I bought this movie off the shelf only because there was a skateboarder on it, not realizing it is an Australian film, and having never even heard of it. It is now one of my favorites. I was shocked at the consistency of it--I don't see that often. 'Seems skateboarding is part of the Australian culture, which is freakin' awesome--makes me want to go there. I bought a board the other day, and there's something about it that made me fall in love with it. Some people have been saying in the reviews on this site that the way the dudes act in the movie is unrealistic, and some of the slang used in the movie would never be used in real life. I just thought it was an Australian thing, and it humored me. It's cool. I did watch the making of the movie though, and Sean Kennedy and the other two did that blow on their hands that they do in the movie and he said something about how it was the "gayest" thing they'd done on the set. Then I thought, maybe they're just like us! I know I use gay in the same fashion... Anyways, it doesn't matter if one would act that way in real life or not, it's like, an art form. Nice.

duck_tim I saw this movie as part of a marathon and to be quite honest.... it was quite embarrassing.....If you could even call it a movie.... i say this movie is terrible...**SPOILERS** (if you wish to see this movie without any foreknowledge of the storyline i advise you to stop reading immediately) _________________________________________________________________ Basically its a couple of Sydney teens... who get expelled from school (for some unknown reason)try to get to a competition..... only to find out that he stacks the trick he has been practicing for weeks..... and basically thats the movie..... how dumb........_____________________________________________________________________ Why are Australian movies so god awful???????????

zombie-32 First off I am not a skater.When I went in to watch this movie I was expecting some serious skating stunts and manoeuvres. Instead all you received was a series of short film sections broken up with some poor animation sequences.The only real surprise was that Tony Hawks had his name attached to this turkey.If you want to watch a skating movie then you are better off watching Gleaming the Cube or someone else play a skating game either way you get a better acting, skating and story.Half the story is simply bland and uninspiring before progressing to boring then dragging itself like a dying dog to the end of the movie it becomes so predictable that it feels like you have already watched the movie even though you haven't seen the end you already known exactly how it will end, and finally when the end credits appear you can breath a sigh of relief that the horror is over.