<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $10 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $2,777,280 </Td> </Tr> <P> Gleaming the Cube (also known as A Brother's Justice and Skate or Die) is an American film released in 1989 . It featured Christian Slater as Brian Kelly, a 16 - year - old skateboarder investigating the death of his adopted Vietnamese brother . </P> <P> The skating technical advisor for the film was original Z - Boy Stacy Peralta . Among the skateboarders who appear in the film as stunt skaters are Mike McGill, "Gator" Mark Rogowski, Rodney Mullen, Rich Dunlop, Eric Dressen, Lance Mountain, Mike Vallely, Chris Black, Ted Ehr, Natas Kaupas, Chris Borst, and Steve Saiz . Tony Hawk (Buddy) and Tommy Guerrero (Sam), then members of the Bones Brigade, appear in the film as members of Brian's skate crew . Future lead singer of The Aquabats and creator of Yo Gabba Gabba!, Christian Jacobs, also appears in the film as Gremic . </P>

Who did the skateboarding in gleaming the cube