Thrashin'

"Skate culture, RHCP! Dude so gnarly! From back in the day when I myself was thrashin and crashing with my dudes. Recommended. "

"A beautiful blast of 80s excess. I absolutely love 80s California skate culture and this is like a perfect snapshot of that. And because it's through the lens of a Hollywood coming of age film it's super dramatic and wonderfully cheesy. The soundtrack is stellar with a blend of top notch 80s punk, pop, and slow jam ballads. Endless montages of kids skating through LA causing pure youthful carnage, halfpipe skate jousting, front yard brawls, one of the best air guitar scenes ever, an awesome Red Hot Chili Peppers performance, and endless colorful calamity."

"This movie gets a thumbs up only due to the 80s nostalgia and the incredible talent of all the skaters (many of whom are uncredited.) Other than that, just another case of Hollywood completely misinterpreting and misrepresenting an entire group of people, outside of LA. Skaters in the 80s were not a bunch of muscle head jocks, they were often the skinny awkward kids that sat in the back of the class. And the "bad guys" were always depicted as punks/metalheads, when actually most skater kids listened to punk (and hip hop.) There were no rival skater "gangs," just a bunch of kids who wanted to thrash and be mildly rebellious, like most teens. "

"Nostalgic forgotten 80's flick ! Think West Side Story with skating and an early cameo from The Red Hot Chili Peppers ! "