A great,engaging movie.

Rating: 8/10 (21 October 2006)

I'm really surprised this movie doesn't have a higher rating. For me this totally surpasses the directors previous effort,Thirteen,which I thought was over rated "Kids" rip-off. Anyway,there are lot of things to like about this movie. 1.It has Rise Against in it. Woohoo! 2.The lovely John Robinson is one of the lead actors. You may recognise him as the cute blonde kid from Elephant. 3.The cinematography is beautiful. 4.Heat Ledger does his best Captain Jack impersonation. 5.The skateboarding. I'm not a huge skater myself,but this really drives the movie. It completely captures skateboarding as a pure expression and makes me long for a time where skating wasn't all about Vans and Bam Magera. Overall,it's a great movie:whether you like The Z boys or not. Skip the ending if you want to save yourself form the tears. Oh and it's only Rise Against!!!!