This wasn't that bad of a movie, and given many of the movies Corey Haim (I imagine that's why you took interest in this movie, right?) made after 1989 are really really pitiful. But not 'Prayer of the Rollerboys,' and if you really like science fiction films and can get past some of the cheese (especially from Haim's acting), then it's worth watching.
Several years after their portrayal of brothers in the 1984 drama, 'Firstborn', Corey Haim and Christopher Collet team up again, but this time as rivals. Collet plays the vicious leader of an Aryan roller blading gang (The Rollerboys) in a post-apocalyptic setting. As drug dealers, they're highly desired and highly addictive product is laced with something to sterilize the races and hence, creating a genocide of a different sort. Haim plays Griffin, a guy who's kid brother gets hooked on the junk. When Griffin teams up with a daring blonde (Patricia Arquette) and finds out The Rollerboys' plans, he sets out to put them all out of commission. It's not a bad movie, though cheap in some respects. And, although you might sometimes have a hard time believing the rivalry between Griffin and the Rollerboy leader, Gary Lee (Collet), who was once his childhood friend, it is actually not a bad movie.
I was actually quite surprised myself and wound up enjoying it. Hell, you even get a few good skating sequences, an element of the film which I suppose was inspired by the original 'Rollerball.' Get your hands on it, if you can. You might be surprised.
Several years after their portrayal of brothers in the 1984 drama, 'Firstborn', Corey Haim and Christopher Collet team up again, but this time as rivals. Collet plays the vicious leader of an Aryan roller blading gang (The Rollerboys) in a post-apocalyptic setting. As drug dealers, they're highly desired and highly addictive product is laced with something to sterilize the races and hence, creating a genocide of a different sort. Haim plays Griffin, a guy who's kid brother gets hooked on the junk. When Griffin teams up with a daring blonde (Patricia Arquette) and finds out The Rollerboys' plans, he sets out to put them all out of commission. It's not a bad movie, though cheap in some respects. And, although you might sometimes have a hard time believing the rivalry between Griffin and the Rollerboy leader, Gary Lee (Collet), who was once his childhood friend, it is actually not a bad movie.
I was actually quite surprised myself and wound up enjoying it. Hell, you even get a few good skating sequences, an element of the film which I suppose was inspired by the original 'Rollerball.' Get your hands on it, if you can. You might be surprised.