Prayer of the Rollerboys

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Prayer of the Rollerboys
Phedon Papamichael Jr.
Music byStacy Widelitz
Distributed byAcademy Entertainment Inc.
Release date
  • November 1990 (1990-11)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Prayer of the Rollerboys is a 1990 independent science fiction film directed by Rick King and starring Corey Haim and Patricia Arquette.

Plot summary

Griffin, an accomplished

Israeli Defense Forces to "clean up" Northern Ireland
.

A heavily-armed

white supremacist skater gang and underground conglomorate known as the Rollerboys fight for control of the decaying city. Their director is young charismatic narcotics-kingpin Gary Lee: a childhood neighbor of Griffin's, who's also rumored to be the great-grandson of Adolf Hitler. The Rollerboys carry out their mission of restoring Anglo-America's former greatness, through violent battles with other gangs, and through the distribution of "Heaven Mist", a designer drug
. Griffin's younger brother Miltie, who idolizes the Rollerboys, takes a job with them pushing mist on the streets; eventually, Miltie starts using it himself. Then Casey, an undercover cop, recruits Griffin to join the Rollerboys as a mole in exchange for a better life.

Griffin is initiated but his loyalty to the Rollerboys is soon called into question. In order to prove himself, he unknowingly pummels Speedbagger, his and Miltie's Afro-American landlord and legal guardian, nearly to death. Shortly thereafter, Griffin discovers the chilling truth behind the Rollerboys' mantra "The

Day of the Rope
is coming". Rope turns out to be a toxic mist-additive, developed by the Rollerboys, which gradually renders its users sterile; the purpose of this is to "eliminate the weak", removing future generations of the "junkie" population, and eventually, the minority population, thus giving the Rollerboys free rein over their concepts of a thriving American society.

Upon getting the Mist lab shut down, and in a conclusive chase to stop Gary Lee, Griffin is able to have Gary arrested. In the end, Griffin, Miltie, Speedbagger, and Casey move on out of Los Angeles to Portland to a new start away from their old ties, while Gary, spared from Griffin's wrath by his mercy, is able to buy his way out of prison and decides to trail Griffin, ending the movie in a sequel hook.

Cast

  • Corey Haim as Griffin
  • Patricia Arquette as Detective Casey, LAPD
  • Christopher Collet as Gary Lee
  • Julius Harris as "Speedbagger"
  • Devin Clark as Miltie
  • Mark Pellegrino as Bango (Rollerboy lieutenant)
  • Morgan Weisser as Bullwinkle (Rollerboy lieutenant)
  • J.C. Quinn as Lieutenant Jaworski, LAPD
  • Aron Eisenberg as Teen Boy
  • Jake Dengel as Detective Tyler, LAPD
  • G. Smokey Campbell as Detective Watt, LAPD
  • John P. Connolly as Pinky, a local pizzeria-owner
  • Dal Trader as Sergeant
  • John-Michael Steele as Officer Rogers (uncredited)

Reception

  • The film was nominated for two
    Saturn Awards: Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Corey Haim) and Best Science Fiction Film.[citation needed
    ]
  • Movie historian
    dark comedy are weakened by needlessly-excessive violence...Christopher Collet (as usual) projects enough magnetism for ten, but not even he can counteract a painfully-predictable finale."[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Maltin's TV, Movie, & Video Guide

External links

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