FOOTSKATING
101
With
Rob
van
Vuuren,
Brendan
Jack,
Garth
Breytenbach,
Bevan
Cullinan,
C.C.
Rudder,
Lisa-Marie
Schneider,
Jose
Domingos
Directed
by Thomas
Ferreira,
Brendan
Jack
The
Straight
Outta
Benoni
gang
hit
the
screens
again
with
this
silly
flick
based
on one
of their
MTV
Crazy
Monkey
skits
about
guys
who
skate
without
boards.
With
a whole
lot
of slapstick
and
moronic
behaviour,
a young
man
is forced
to follow
in his
dad’s
footsteps
by working
the
mines
in Gauteng,
South
Africa.
But,
he wants
to be
a champion
skater!
Problem
is,
he can’t
afford
a skateboard,
so he
invents
his
own
board-less
skating
style,
footskating!
With
a team
of idiot
friends
and
his
brother,
they
make
up a
team
to go
to the
skating
championship
and
take
on their
rivals.
With
South
Africa
film
production
being
overshadowed
by foreign
crews
coming
here
to shoot
as opposed
to local
movies
being
produced,
slowly
but
surely
the
film
industry
is getting
its
own
identity
beyond
the
political
struggle
subjects
and
slapstick
Leon
Schuster
comedies
which
prevailed
for
decades.
While
this
is no
masterpiece,
it is
a move
in the
right
direction.
The
soundtrack
features
a nice
batch
of South
African
alternative
bands
like
Diesel
Whores,
Fuzigish,
Taxi
Violence,
Fokofpolisiekar,
Kallitz
and
more.
Extra
features:
featurettes,
premier
screening
event,
and
a whole
lot
of dicking
around.
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/ B
- Paul
Blom
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