Prayer of the Rollerboys

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Prayer of the Rollerboys ★★½ 1991 (R)

Violent, futuristic, funky action as Haim infiltrates a criminal gang of syncopated rollerblading neonazi youth with plans for nationwide domination. Though routinely plotted and predictable, it's got great skating stunts and a wry vision of tomorrow's shattered USA—broke, drugsoaked, homeless, foreignowned; even sharper when you realize this is a JapaneseAmerican coproduction. 94m/C VHS, DVD . Corey Haim, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Collet, Julius W. Harris, J.C. Quinn, Jake Dengel, Devin Clark, Mark Pellegrino, Morgan Weisser; D: Rick King; W: W. Peter Iliff; C: Phedon Papamichael; M: Stacy Widelitz.