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Destroying America (Skateboarding Film)

starring: Jeremy Klein, Heath Kirchart, Erik Estrada, Tony Hawk, Ming Tran

: Destroying America (Skateboarding Film)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0674797800398
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Redline Ent
Manufacturer: Redline Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Redline Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 22, 2001
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 96933
Studio: Redline Ent
Theatrical Release Date: 2000



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Amazon.com:
This attempt to elevate a skateboard video to an action-adventure film nearly makes MTV's Jackass look like Masterpiece Theater, but that will probably be its greatest appeal. What little plot there is concerns two skateboarders who ride into and over just about everything in their path in a battered van that has miraculously escaped the junkyard. There are some other characters, including two women who seem to have wandered over from the set of a porno film while busting out of their tiny nurse's uniforms, a young Asian woman (played by martial artist Ming Tran) in a schoolgirl's uniform who kicks (and kicks and kicks) the hell out of what she terms a 'dirty white guy' who tries to lift up her plaid skirt, and a vengeful cop played by none other than Erik Estrada of CHiPs fame. Skateboarding champion Tony Hawk even turns up to play a drunken pizza delivery guy. As if that's not enough entertainment, the skateboarders drive their malicious white van through a Christmas tree stand (they don't murder Santa, but sure mess up a lot of trees) and a sidewalk cafe (though, in fairness, they were provoked). A cop car gets made into a skateboard ramp, which seems like a huge deal to Estrada's character until the car is later attacked with a pickax, doused with gasoline, set on fire, and blown up. None of this makes much sense, but there's a lot of raucous music, plenty of very nifty skateboard tricks, and enough bizarre visuals to thoroughly entertain those who find themselves in the right frame of mind. Extras on the DVD include a featurette on the film's premiere, where fans celebrated by tossing a lot of stuff at the van and the cops came to cool things off. --Robert J. McNamara



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Best
If what you're looking for is a hardcore skate movie, this isn't it, but if you're a fan of Jeremy ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Terrible - CKY wanna be
If you want a skateboarding video DON'T get this. Luckilly, I got this with "The End", which is an ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Awesome
This is not a skateboarding movie. It's basically a real movie, but has skateboarding in it. It's hilarious ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not a great skate film, but . . .
This isn't a very good skate movie. The pacing of the non-skate stuff is tedious and cumbersome and not all ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - tHE EFFECT
i THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE BECASUE OF THE FACT THAT WAS ALOT LIKE CKY OR JACKASS, WITH HEATH KIRCHART AND ... Read More

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