Prayer of the Rollerboys

Prayer of the Rollerboys (1991)

In the 21st Century, it's gonna take one man and his blades to save the world from another man...and HIS blades.

Griffin, a rollerblader in the not so distant future of an economically wrecked Los Angeles, races against time to save both his younger brother and the city from the fate dealt out by the fascist rollerblading street gang, the Rollerboys.

Date of release
1991-03-21
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (38)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Science Fiction, Action
Director
Rick King

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Los Angeles

Prayer of the Rollerboys is a 1991 independent action and science fiction film directed by Rick King and starring Corey Haim and Patricia Arquette. Griffin played by Haim is approached by his childhood neighbor Gary Lee, who is now the leader of a white supremacist skater gang and convinces Griffin's younger brother to join them. Griffin becomes an undercover cop and tries to remain unnoticed.

Production

On 25 October 1989, it was announced by Daily Variety that Japanese companies Gaga Communications, TV Tokyo, and the Victor Company were negotiating a deal with Academy Entertainment and American distributor Skouras Pictures to produce Prayer of the Rollerboys. Japanese investors believed the screenplay was easy to understand and that its emphasis on rollerblading gave it the commercial appeal needed for success.

Writer W. Peter Iliff described his story as "A Clockwork Orange meets Blade Runner via the Lord of the Flies".

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