Judge Dredd Ahhhh..nothing like a skate down memory lane from time to time. Back in 1986 I was a skateboarding punk so this was an AWESOME movie to me. Much more so than 'Gleaming the Cube' because in Thrashin' the main story was about skateboarding. However, with time this movie has gone from AWESOME to awesomely bad. It was still fun to watch for me since it was one of my favorites from back in the day. But the clothing, skating and acting is so bad it is almost more of a comedy now. I remember wearing some of that 80's skate/surf neon apparel and when I see the neon look trying to make a come back these days I just ask....WHY!???? If you grew up in the 80's skating this is a fun watch, but if you did not...just skate on by.

peterpants66 Josh Brolin lights up the screen in this brazen commentary about skateboard rivalries on beach-front properties. The movie is called "Thrashin" and its about skating hardcore tournaments, hardcore pools, and hard-core chilli pepper pits. The movie begins with Brolin exploding out of his bedroom and cross-countrying his way to L.A. Now this is back in the eighties when skateboards were built like tanks. Big wheels, big trucks, big huge fish tail and a flat nose. Skateboarding looked a lot cooler back then, check out the kid with the Diet Slice shirt on at the pool tournament! Brolin has a love interest in the movie played fittingly by Pamela Gidley who was riding a torrent of fame after being named Hottest hottie of the year in Seventeen magazine. The problem is Pam's brother is the leader of the Daggers and shes been told not to cross the line with any Val's. This movie is one of the first about skating to go mainstream and would be shadowed by Slater's "Gleaming the Cube" later in the decade. What Thrashin does well is not take itself too seriously, if you liked this you'd probably love "Under the Boardwalk" which is basically the same movie with surfboards. The re-release is awesome packed with extra features and a commentary track that's hilarious. So take the night off and burn some rubber to this acid droppin daddy, you will not be disappointed. Ten skirts.

Marko10 I was a nearly a kid when this movie appeared on TV and I had an opportunity to watch it again a month ago.What else to say except that all people which lived in '80s will adore this movie because it will remind them on times when life was simpler,when all people around the world respected each other much more and when young people could do anything they wanted with their lives. Skateboards however, survived,and maybe good feeling of '80s will repeat again! However,for todays kids this movie will probably be "lame" or even funny,which will only show us what have we made of world for this 20 years.Well,in waiting of new "peace era of '80s" watch this and enjoy "Trashin"!

Pepper Anne For the love of me, I can't figure out why this movie is so popular. I mean sure, the skateboarding craze attracts a lot of young folks, and probably a bunch of 80s fans are drawn to this laid back teen film, but honestly, what is the real attraction behind it?Thrashin' is an 80s skateboarding flick starring those super dudes, Josh Brolin and Robert Russler, among others. Brolin plays a skater from the valley who's going to race a pretty tough downhill competition. The movie plays out, like too many before it (and so many after it) as a sports cliche and romeo/juliet love story. A rival skate gang, lead by Russler, hates kids from the Valley. But Brolin sure likes the leader's sister. And they'd make a fine couple if only she didn't have to hide him from her brother who doesn't want anyone associating with those kids from the Valley. The story is far too played out to enjoy from the beginning. But that's never stopped the enjoyability factor of some movies so long as there are other appreciable qualities. The actors, the action, the music, whatever. But this movie hardly has even that. First off, the filming work is pretty shoddy. You have an awful lot of mistakes going on. But fine, so what, right? But to top that off, you have a terribly trite story line with the corniest dialogue.Even the skating isn't all that great to watch, at least not when compared to other competing skate movies of the decade with the most noteable being Gleaming the Cube. It's nothing more than a hollywood cash-in on the sport.I suppose the only bonus here is an appearance at the club by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Other than that, I'd say shelve this crappy movie. If skating movies are what suits your tastes, try the aforemention Gleaming the Cube, or try any number of the old Bones Brigade/Powell Peralta skate-movie spots such as The Search for Animal Chin, Ban This, and others. They're funny. They're good times. They're better than Trashin'.