Themes: Success is the Best Revenge, Kids in Trouble, Class Differences
Main Cast: Josh Brolin, Robert Rusler, Pam Gidley, Brooke McCarter, Jr., Brett Marx
Release Year: 1986
Country: US
Run Time: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Valley boys take on the punk rockers in this teen-age adventure. This time they use skateboards instead of zip guns, knives and fists. The rich Valley kids, "The Ramp Locals," are led by Corey Webster, while the leather-clad, street-wise punks follow Tommy Hook. The trouble begins when Corey falls in love with Tommy's little sister who has come from Indiana for a visit. The rivalry between the gangs culminates during the grueling "LA Massacre," a 20-mile downhill skateboarding race. The winning team will earn a corporate sponsor. For the final race, the filmmakers strapped a camera in front of a skateboard to give viewers a sense of the thrills experienced by the daring "thrashers." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Review
For '80s skateboard kitsch heaven, it doesn't get any better than Thrashin', the Josh Brolin-starrer that pits skater dudes from the Valley against tough punk skaters led by one of the evil jerks with bad hair in Weird Science. The film encapsulates the Dogtown years of skating, but through the goggles of cheesy '80s cinema. From the ludicrous back flip stunts to the nunchaku jousting sequence, Thrashin' is a wealth of so-bad-it's-good entertainment from the first moment on. Co-starring a young Sherilyn Fenn with a live appearance from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the flick is a virtual who's-who of familiar faces which can be seen in everything from Body Rock to The Lost Boys. Add in at least one extreme air guitar sequence and a bootleg West Side Story plotline and you basically have Thrashin's goods in a totally radical nutshell. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
Josh Richman - Radley; David Wagner - Little Stevie; Sherilyn Fenn - Velvet; Tony Alva - T.A.; Flea - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Bassist (uncredited); Rocky Giordani - Skate Club Bouncer; Tony Hawk - Pool Skater; Christian Hosoi - Pool Skater/Dagger; Natas Kaupas - Utility Ramp Local; Chuck McCann - Sam Flood; Pleasant Gehman - Daggerette; Mondo Beck - Dagger; Matt Bernard - Utility Dagger; Ruben Blue - Dagger Photographer; Beau Brown - Utility Ramp Local; Steve Caballero - Pool Skater; Kelly Doyle - Daggerette; Eric Dressen - Utility Dagger; Peter Ducommun - Utility Dagger; Jaks Team - Downhill Skaters; Lester Kasai - Pool Skater; Allen Losi - Pool Skater; Madrid Team - Downhill Skaters; Tony Magnussem - Pool Skater; Jesse Martinex - Dagger; Dennis Martinez - Utility Ramp Local; Mike McGill - Pool Skater; Masao Miyashior - Dagger; Mark Munski - Monk; Eddie Reategui - Dagger; Gator Rogowski - Utility Dagger; Billy Ruff - Pool Skater; Kevin Staab - Pool Skater; Steve Steadham - Dagger; Per Welinder - Per, Venice Freestyler; Steve Whittaker - Bus Driver; Kipp Woods - Utility Dagger; Zachary - Skate Club Announcer; Johnny Ray - Dagger; Steve Olsen - Dagger
Credit
Bernadette O'Brien - Costume Designer, David Winters - Director, Lorenzo de Stefano - Editor, Nicholas C. Smith - Editor, Charles W. Fries - Executive Producer, Mike Rosenfeld - Executive Producer, Barry Goldberg - Composer (Music Score), Gerald V. Casale - Songwriter, Rosie Flores - Songwriter, Garry Geotzman - Songwriter, Roland Gift - Songwriter, Dennis Greaves - Songwriter, L. Hester - Songwriter, Garland Jeffreys - Songwriter, Anthony Kiedis - Songwriter, Larry Lee - Songwriter, Michael Lister - Songwriter, Lenny Macaluso - Songwriter, Alan Mothersbaugh - Songwriter, Mark Mothersbaugh - Songwriter, Vicki Peterson - Songwriter, Mike Piccirillo - Songwriter, Terry Quinn - Songwriter, Chuck Rio - Songwriter, Alan Sacks - Songwriter, Jodi Sacks-Micheli - Songwriter, Michael Shannahan - Songwriter, Randy Sharp - Songwriter, Gloria Sklerov - Songwriter, David Stelle - Songwriter, Lee Ving - Songwriter, Yvonne DePatis Kupka - Makeup, Catherine Hardwicke - Production Designer, Chuck Colwell - Cinematographer, Alan Sacks - Producer, Beau Peterson - Set Designer, John Hartigan - Special Effects, Frank Munos - Special Effects, Tony Epper - Stunts, Alan Sacks - Screenwriter, Paul Brown - Screenwriter, Don Kirkpatrick - Featured Music
