sterio_snail I've been skateboarding almost daily since the 90's, so it comes to no surprise that this movie is often joked about in skateboard culture. If you've been a part of the scene you will surly get more of a kick out of Grind than those who don't skate. Unfortunately, that kick will lead you straight into a rock, going down steep hill covered in rough concrete and sand, in below-freezing temperatures, with loose trucks and no gloves on, during heavy traffic, at night. Then again, if you push mongo and your best trick is a mall grab, you might like this movie. If you enjoi characters who are more annoying than funny, this might be right up your alley-oop. The acting isn't bad, but what really stinks is the childish toilet humor. At least there are cameos from professional skateboarders to take the pain away. Bam Margera has a few parts, as does a young Ryan Sheckler. Chad Fernandez (see Osiris "The Storm" and Globe's "Opinion") plays the enemy bent on destroying the lead character's hopes of fame in the skate world (guess who wins). Tom Green even has a part. A quick pause reveals obvious stunt doubles during the skate scenes... even for the big finale on the vert ramp (Fernandez is a street skater). The soundtrack is typical radio-rock from the era, and the film work is decent, minus the skateboarding scenes. Moral of the story: watch "Thrasin'" instead.

moviewizguy Four skaters follow their idol on his summer tour in an attempt to get noticed, get sponsored, and become stars themselves.Before watching this film, I was expecting to have some fun and be entertained with the skateboard sequences. Well, I was entertained...during the last act of the film.Let me begin with this: 2/3 of the film is downright bad. There were annoying characters (Vince Vieluf) and characters who think they are "all of that" (Mike Vogel). The only one who seems normal was Adam Brody, who gives a good performance, while the others were okay, except Vince Vieluf, which was horrible.Aside from that, I didn't like the skateboard dialogs. Maybe I'm not the right person to watch this film. Maybe if I'm a skateboarder, I might love this film. Who knows? There weren't even any good laughs (except for some three or four jokes).But now the good: I liked the third act, which the people who made the film seem to notice their mistakes that they have made from the first two acts of the film. There were some really great skateboard sequences, which was an obvious showdown.For one thing, this film was entertaining by the last act, so you'll be satisfied at the end. You just won't like the first two acts. This film, what I call, is just harmless fun. Just don't mind some elements of the film.

Vladi_San i didn't like this movie at all this is a week low budget movie without an original plot the only thing that was maybe good is the songs but only few i mean this movie is really for someone who is bored to death or something and the cast is the worse thing about it i really have no idea about who gave the money for that movie or why really don't its like one of those movies like batman and robin that should have never been released and the lines and what they say i mean god lord what was writer thinking about basically this movie is very very very very weak and BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and a really would NOT recommend people to watch it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

red_head_rocker56 This was the worst movie that I have ever seen in my whole life. I love skateboarding movies, but this just ranks in one of the worst that I have ever seen. It would be better if there were actual actors. It is all about these punks who want to go on a tour or something (sorry if I got the storyline wrong, Its not like I actually payed attention). And the director squeezed some romance and some "funny" parts. If funny is acting like a total jackass and being so dumb that its not funny anymore, than this movie is for you.But don't worry, they win and get the girls and its all a happy ending. That whats happens in low-budget, retarded movies.