Destroying America (Skateboarding Film)

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This attempt to elevate a skateboard video to an action-adventure film nearly makes MTV's Jackass look like Masterpiece Theater, but that will probably be its greatest appeal. What little plot there is concerns two skateboarders who ride into and over just about everything in their path in a battered van that has miraculously escaped the junkyard. There are some other characters, including two women who seem to have wandered over from the set of a porno film while busting out of their tiny nurse's uniforms, a young Asian woman (played by martial artist Ming Tran) in a schoolgirl's uniform who kicks (and kicks and kicks) the hell out of what she terms a "dirty white guy" who tries to lift up her plaid skirt, and a vengeful cop played by none other than Erik Estrada of CHiPs fame. Skateboarding champion Tony Hawk even turns up to play a drunken pizza delivery guy. As if that's not enough entertainment, the skateboarders drive their malicious white van through a Christmas tree stand (they don't murder Santa, but sure mess up a lot of trees) and a sidewalk cafe (though, in fairness, they were provoked). A cop car gets made into a skateboard ramp, which seems like a huge deal to Estrada's character until the car is later attacked with a pickax, doused with gasoline, set on fire, and blown up. None of this makes much sense, but there's a lot of raucous music, plenty of very nifty skateboard tricks, and enough bizarre visuals to thoroughly entertain those who find themselves in the right frame of mind. Extras on the DVD include a featurette on the film's premiere, where fans celebrated by tossing a lot of stuff at the van and the cops came to cool things off. --Robert J. McNamara

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The Best.......2007-06-07

If what you're looking for is a hardcore skate movie, this isn't it, but if you're a fan of Jeremy Klein, then this is for you! If you know Jeremy Klein's humor, and his way of going about things, particularly skating, you know that he isn't the type of guy who practices to hit stuff perfect everytime, he's the type of guy who just goes for, whatever. This movie has hilarious parts, involving Klein, and then some actually wicked skate scenes, maybe not as much as The End may have had, but in this case, it's just enough, this isn't a movie only on skateboarding, it's just, a movie. This is nothing like Jackass, and not even close to people trying to be Jackass wannabes, Klein has been around the skating world way longer then Knoxville, and it shows. Don't buy this movie if you're looking for people stapling their body parts, or dancing around in panda suits, but if you're a fan of Klein or Kirchart, then this is definitley for you.

Terrible - CKY wanna be.......2004-05-17

If you want a skateboarding video DON'T get this. Luckilly, I got this with "The End", which is an awsome video. This is exactly like cky only completely staged, fake, and unfunny. Get CKY if you want original humor. If you really have to see this crap, dont pay more than $2.00 cause it sux.

Awesome.......2004-05-08

This is not a skateboarding movie. It's basically a real movie, but has skateboarding in it. It's hilarious and highly entertaining. The movie features great skating by Heath Kirchart and Jeremy Klein as well as: crazy stunts, van smashing, hook-ups tour footage and more. The actual story is about two skaters (Heath & Jeremy) that are being followed around by a cop who is trying to bust them for all the laws they have broken. It kept me laughing for a while. The DVD features are great. There's tons of features. Such as: Cast & Crew pics, bios & photos, behind the scenes, additional footage, board graphics, trailers, ads and much more. Get this vid now!

Not a great skate film, but . . ........2003-03-05

This isn't a very good skate movie. The pacing of the non-skate stuff is tedious and cumbersome and not all that entertaining. The scenes with the nurses, for example, are incredibly boring, as the novelty of volleyball-sized twins wears off almost instantly. The destruction of the police car at the end is boring too, at least until they dump it off the building. Tony Hawk's segment left me thinking "huh?" The references to Hawk's Gleaming the Cube role is funny for a second, but it goes on for minutes.

The saving graces are the skate segments, Ming Tran's segments, Gayblader, and the behind the scenes video (especially all the Ming Tran segments). If you can pick this up cheap, it's worth it for that.

tHE EFFECT.......2002-12-27

i THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE BECASUE OF THE FACT THAT WAS ALOT LIKE CKY OR JACKASS, WITH HEATH KIRCHART AND JERMEY KLEIN SKATING WAS A BONUS. bUT I THOUGHT THE BEST PART WAS WITH BAM IN IT , I WOULD TELL YOU WHAT IT IS BUT IT IS MORE FUNNYER SEEING THE MOVIE .

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Destroying America
Starring: Erik Estrada
Manufacturer: Redline Ent
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000A4GFN
Release Date: 2003-09-09

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Destroying America: The premier film from Hook-Ups that includes legendary skaters such as Jeremy Klein, Heath Kirchart, Willy Santos, Tony Hawk, and features the infamous "ChiPs" actor Erik Estrada. Destroying America has been the fastest selling skateboard video ever in core skateboard shops and is the first skateboard video to combine 35mm widescreen with digital technology to create the ultimate video experience. The video includes a high-energy chase scene where Jeremy Klein and Heath Kirchart are hunted by Erik Estrada, resulting in an incredible $20,000.00 explosion sequence. Destroying America is brought to you by the same people that brought you The End, the best selling skateboard video of all time.The End: Not since the famed Powell-Peralta videos of the 80s has there been a skateboarding production with this much time, effort, and resources invested in it. The End is a 130-minute DVD epic skateboard docu-drama featuring skits and skateboarding segments written and performed by its celebrated cast of pros and ams: Tony Hawk, Bucky Lasek, Jeremy Klein, Heath Kirchart, Steve Berra, Willy Santos, Brian Sumner, and Andrew Reynolds. This video changed the style of skateboard video's forever. The cinema quality and effects used to create this masterpiece are evidence of its high budget and 35M filming. The End was voted by TransWorld SKATEboarding Staffers as the Best Video.

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Destroying America
Starring: Erik Estrada , Tony Hawk , Heath Kirchart , Willy Santos , and Jeremy Klein
Manufacturer: Conspiracy Ent
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: UMD for PSP

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ASIN: B000MTFFEK
Release Date: 2007-03-06

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