SK8 Movie Review: Street Dreams

Street Dreams succeeds as an extended skate video, but fails as a dramatic piece. The story was full of tropes, with the typical narrative of an anti-hero story with classic betrayal and modern day teen angst. The highlight of the acting is definitely Jackass’s Ryan Dunn, though you never see him on his board, just carrying it. It was somewhat strange for me to see actual pro skaters being announced at a competition under the character’s names. The main pro-skaters in the movie were Paul Rodriguez, Rob Dyrdek, Terry Kennedy, and Ryan Sheckler. At several points in the movie, I yelled at the television: “Stop trying to act and get back to skating!”  The best trick performed in the movie was surely Rodriguez character’s NAC (not a chance), a360 flip crooked grind down a handrail. Final review: Worth watching for the skating, fast forward through the rest.