Skatetown U.S.A.
- lindsaybjerregaard
- Oct 26, 2021
- 1 min read
IMDB Synopsis
At a roller-disco competition, two rivals find themselves becoming good friends while competing for a prize of $1000 in cash.
IMDB Rating: 4.8/10
Our Rating: 8.6/10
Our Reviews:
This movie is absolute 1970’s cocaine magic. It stars Patrick Swayze as the leader of a hoodlum roller skating youth gang trying to sabotage his competitors in a roller skating competition—his biggest rival being a Kirkland Brand Mark Hamill and his little sister (played by Marcia Brady) and friend (played by Scott Baio). Like 90% of this movie is just utter chaos, weird side characters, an out-of-left-field Vietnam PTSD storyline, and insane roller skating choreography—my favorite of which was Swayze dressed up like a leather daddy and whipping a belt around BDSM-style. If you can embrace the cocaine chaos, this movie absolutely delivers nonstop entertainment.
Have you ever been to a party that was so sick the DJ literally could alter reality? Did it take place at an indoor roller rink the size of Des Moines? Were there local skate toughs led by a guy who looks a bit like a Missouri bouncer with an NYU philosophy degree? Were there multiple choreographed skate-dance performances? Did the evening end with two psychos in rocket skates locked in homoerotic tension flinging themselves off the pier?
What sort of life have you lived?
Luudes: The Movie. Probably the best historical drama I've seen.
This was Saturday Night Fever on Skates with two full length Dave Mason performances.
They really undersold the acid wizard who was controlling reality within the domain of Skatetown, USA. Needed more choreographed, bad boy group skate scenes.
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