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- 1986
- PG-13
- Fries Entertainment
- 1 h 33 m
- 1986
- PG-13
- Fries Entertainment
- 1 h 33 m
Summary Two skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.
Directed By: David Winters
Written By: Paul Brown, Alan Sacks
- 1986
- PG-13
- Fries Entertainment
- 1 h 33 m
- 1986
- PG-13
- Fries Entertainment
- 1 h 33 m
Thrashin'
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Summary Two skateboarding gangs battle each other for supremacy, and a member of one gang falls in love with the sister of his rival.
Directed By: David Winters
Written By: Paul Brown, Alan Sacks
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
54
25% Positive
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75% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
54
25% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
75% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Josh Brolin and Robert Rusler star in this 1980s-era guilty pleasure that reimagines Romeo & Juliet as a war between rival skateboard gangs (yes, there used to be such a thing).
When it's just roaring along through a kaleidoscope of Los Angeles locations, the camera perched behind, above or below the skateboarding heroes and villains, the movie can be fun. It's shot in an extravagant, try-anything, music-video style. It's rattlingly paced, vibrant and splashy. Then we get to the story. Stop me if you've heard this one: Boy meets girl; boy loses girl; boy gets girl. Sound familiar? Try this for extra spice. Two warring teen-age gangs clash--the free-and-breezy Valley Guy "Ramp Locals" and the swaggering, black leather, bone-in-the-nose "Daggers."
While not very original or even very skillful, THRASHIN' (a skateboarding term for aggressive, gutsy skating) isn't nearly as bad as it sounds.
If a middle-American teenager in the late 1980s wanted to see good-looking young folks build a giant ramp in their backyard and do spectacular mid-air twists, then the local video store could satisfy that fantasy, too.
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