The most popular skating movies preceding this are ROLLERBALL, PRAYER OF THE ROLLERBOYS, and SOLARBABIES, but those were all about futuristic, post-apocalyptic tales and did not have soundtracks with "Le Freak", "Emotion", "Hollywood Swingin'", and "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll". I love a skate-off, dance-off, rap-off ending, but after this, I will accept no less than the villain ripping off his shirt once he completes the ultimate routine, as SWEEEEETness (Wesley Jonathan) does. Somehow, Nick Cannon isn't playing Sweetness (who has a pack of groupies with matching "Weakness for Sweetness" jackets), but the roller-skate rental Lothario who hands out skates bigger than your actual size to make the ladies think you're well-endowed. We've also got Wayne Brady, as he looked in that beer commercial when he went to 70s night with some friends in an afro, but it was actually 70's night for people in their 70's, and Charlie Murphy as a garbage man. Bow Wow, does have charisma and some moves, but his gang outshined him. My favorite was afro-sporting "Naps", the only one I recognized was the kid from HOLES, the girl who played brace-faced "Tori" is the new Tisha Campbell, and Meagan Good (6 years older than Bow Wow the ages are a mess in this movie), as "Naomi", is the new Gabrielle Union. I was a fan of director Malcolm D. Lee's UNDERCOVER BROTHER too, and the only low point of ROLL BOUNCE was the father-son relationship, which was wayyyy too serious for the rest of the movie.
Review of Roll Bounce
