Rated PG-13
Starring Randy Wayne, Rosanna Arquette, John Schneider
Directed by Johnny Remo
The Story:
Caleb (Wayne) is an angry young man. He channels that anger on his skateboard, and he's really, really good. However his mom (Arquette) is ill and he needs to help raise money to pay for her treatments. He discovers who his father (Schneider) is during this period, and the two meet an he wants to help Caleb an his mom, but Caleb wants nothing to do with it. He'll do it on his own, and become a sponsored skater. Good luck dude!
I've talked before about not all Christian films being equal. Once upon a time they were very low budget, not a great story and the acting was usually sub-par. Then one day, while the budgets didn't rise astronomically, they improved and so to did the story and acting.
Hardflip is a throwback to the old days, sadly.
While the acting is fine, the story and characters, especially Caleb, are just so unlikeable, I never formed a bond with the film and really cared about what was going to happen.
The skateboarding visuals are fine, so I don't know, perhaps this film will appeal to the younger, angry teenage crowd more than it did to me.
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Available to stream instantly on Netflix as of this writing.
Final Grade: C
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Once was enough for me with this film.
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