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May 15, 2014 the late80s christian slater vehicle gleaming the cube must have arisen out of the most breathless hollywood pitch meeting in history. Gleaming the cube cult film face off video version of cffo 024 duration. It featured christian slater as brian kelly, a 16yearold skateboarder investigating the death of his. Its got a plot, good skating, and its entertaining. Christian slater and tony hawk discuss gleaming the cube dissent duration. The meaning of gleaming the cube is defined inuniverse as pushing yourself beyond the limit of what is normally possible if you envision the normal limits of possibility as a cube, if youre beyond that limit then youre outside the cube and can polish the surface to make it shine. Cube is a canadian science fiction horror film series. It starred 18yearold christian slater as brian kelly, a skateboarder investigating the. That is until his adopted vietnamese brother is murdered and he sets off to solve the crime and bring the killers to justice.
Unfortunately the film, released in 1989, did not receive the kind of mainstream attention it. Directors graeme clifford cast includes christian slater, steven bauer, ed. With christian slater, steven bauer, richard herd, le tuan. Gleaming the cube is a slight skateboard thriller that looks more like one of those afterschool specials on television than a bona fide feature film. Gleaming the cube movie filming locations the 80s movies rewind. Directors graeme clifford cast includes christian slater, steven bauer, ed lauter, micole mercurio, richard herd, charles cyphers.
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Looking back on how bad a movie gleaming the cube was. His skateboarding prowess, for which gleaming the cube is slang, becomes a lifesaving tool as he has to escape from the killers who are chasing him. A young avid skateboarder uncovers a government conspiracy while investigating his adoptive brothers mysterious death. A california skateboarding punk teen slater whose parents just dont understand him avenges his adopted vietnamese brothers murder by some vietnamese toughs that work for a shady arms dealer whos posing as a legit pharmaceuticals salesman. When his adopted vietnamese brother is killed when he finds out too much about a weapons smuggling operation, brian seeks out the truth with the help of a cop steven bauer and his skateboarding friends. Gleaming the cube british board of film classification. Jan 09, 2008 christian slater and tony hawk discuss gleaming the cube dissent duration.
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