Brink! (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Greg Beeman

Writer (WGA):

Jeff Schechter (written by)

Release Date:

29 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Family | Sport

Tagline:

It Takes A Champ To Stay In Line.

Plot Keywords:

Exclamation Point In Title | Rollerblading | One Word Title | Disney Channel Original Movie | Inline Skating

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Erik von Detten	...	Andy 'Brink' Brinker
Sam Horrigan	...	Val
Christina Vidal	...	Gabriella
Robin Riker	...	Maddie Brinker
Geoffrey Blake	...	Jimmy
Patrick Levis	...	Peter
Joey Simmrin	...	Arne
Asher Gold	...	Jordon
Walter Jones	...	Boomer (as Walter Emanuel Jones)
Katie Volding	...	Katie Brinker
David Graf	...	Ralph Brinker
Jake Elliot	...	B. J.
Brian Fenwick	...	Photographer
Neil Daly	...	Skateboard Leader
Tom Virtue	...	Science Teacher

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Brink Productions

Trivia:

Sam Horrigan and Erik Von Detton worked together in 1995 on the Disney remake of "Escape to Witch Mountain".

Quotes:

Jordi: [sees Gabriella coming off the school bus in a dress] I didn't even know she owned one of those.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Horse Sense (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Apology

The setting of L. A. at its minimum

This is one of the movies from the Disney Channel that takes place in Los Angeles. The overall picture and result of this movie was good with an exciting climax to the end. However, some of the scenes are predictable, but mainly the movie has created an environment where just about anything could happen, and so it tends to make the situations more realistic and interesting. This movie deals with the lives of some skaters that skate for fun. There is a "bully" in this movie, as is there one in most movies. The bully is not exactly a "bully", but just a pestering person.

The setting of L. A. that was chose would be more realistic if they would have done more congestion in the streets and had some shots with a lot of crowds to give the movie a feel of an urban empire. In the behind the scenes for this movie which were shown over four years ago, described that the cast had to learn how to become relatively good skaters to shoot the movie. In some of the casts' biographies, it shows that some of the characters were actually skaters for a living and don't act but did this for the movie's need of professional skaters. There are some issues that may make this movie discomforting such as how some of the actors and actresses mainly work on Disney movies, so they are easily remembered if you have seen a lot of other Disney movies. What I liked about his movie that you get to see how the lives of high schoolers are like with the sport of skating rattled into their already busy and productive lives. This movie is also one of those movies where the main character or characters have a perfect life, but don't realize it, but not so much as some other movies. The family can also not be perfect too. The one thing that could have made the family better in the film is by having more scenes with them all together. I do like that this movie is interesting and creative in the doings of the characters lives. So, overall I give this movie a 9 out of 10. I would rate it that extra point higher, but I still believe that is could have been just a little bit better.