Gleaming the Cube

Gleaming the Cube (1989) is an American action thriller you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Graeme Clifford. Christian Slater plays Brian Kelly, an Orange County teenager whose entire world is skateboarding — empty pools, ditched classes, the next trick. Then his adopted Vietnamese brother Vinh turns up dead, and the police call it a suicide. Brian does not.

Digging into Vinh's last days, Brian uncovers a weapons-smuggling operation moving guns under the cover of medical supplies destined for Vietnamese refugees. The investigation pulls him into a world he was not built for. His skateboard, weirdly, keeps saving him.

What makes the film worth revisiting is the time capsule aspect: Tony Hawk and Tommy Guerrero appear on screen, captured at the exact moment skate culture was turning into something bigger than a sport. Watch Gleaming the Cube (1989) online on iFILM.