Gleaming the Cube (1989)

Brian Kelly (Christian Slater) is a high school kid and avid skateboarder. When his adopted Vietnamese brother is killed when he finds out too much about a weapons smuggling operation, Brian seeks out the truth with the help of a cop (Steven Bauer) and his skateboarding friends. Filmed around Los Angeles with the help of several famous skateboarders, this movie features many memorable stunt sequences. 

The opening scene was filmed at John Wayne Airport (Orange County Airport) at 18601 Airport Way in Santa Ana, CA. The terminal has since been completely remodeled and looks unrecognizable from the film's version. 

Scenes at school were filmed at Woodbridge High School at 2 Meadowbrook in Irvine, CA. 

Vinh (Art Chudabala) works at a video shop in Little Saigon off Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, CA. When he goes missing, Brian comes here to look for him. The video store was located on the west side of the shopping area but the building has since been remodeled and looks much different now. 

GPS Coordinates:

33.74532,-117.960625

The hotel where Vinh is tortured and killed was Stovall's Cosmic Age Lodge at 1110 West Katella Avenue in Anaheim (next to Disneyland). It has since been remodeled into Best Western's Stovales Inn, but the building still remains.  

Brian jumps in the backseat of Bobby's (Peter Kwong) car while he talks on the phone outside the car wash at approximately 10711 Westminster Avenue, Westminster, CA. 

GPS Coordinates:

33.759754,-117.942555

Brian is along for the ride as Bobby pulls into an orange grove off Jeffrey Road in Irvine, CA. 

GPS Coordinates:

33.710251,-117.748402

Brian meets with Al (Bauer) at his apartment at 5204 Fallbrook Avenue in Woodland Hills, CA.

In one short scene, we see The City Mall in Orange, which has since been demolished and replaced with The Block at Orange.

Brian and friends ride the Balboa Island Ferry and walk among the Fun Zone rides. 

GPS Coordinates:

33.6033,-117.900057

The VACR celebration is held in Peninsula Park on the east side of Balboa Pier. 

GPS Coordinates:

33.600233,-117.898428

The Pizza Hut where Buddy (Tony Hawk) worked is gone and now a Taco Bell stands in its place in Crenshaw Shopping Center at 2941 West Imperial Highway in Inglewood, CA. 

Brian is crossing Kelmore Street along Overland Avenue in Culver City when he is nearly run over by a motorcycle, which leads to the bike chasing him down the sidewalk. 

GPS Coordinates:

33.997641,-118.390211

He is chased for one block north, where he catches a lift from a van at Whitburn Street and Overland...

GPS Coordinates:

33.998494,-118.390227

...and the van takes him east up Whitburn. 

The bikers chase Brian down Cranks Road in Culver City. 

GPS Coordinates:

33.997751,-118.385449

Brian slides down Cranks Road onto Ranch Road, with the bikers in close pursuit. 

GPS Coordinates:

33.99753,-118.385634

The bikers almost get taken out by a car backing out of a driveway at 10680 Ranch Road (now a two-story house). 

As he comes down Ranch Road, Brian must jump over a cop car when he gets to the three-way intersection with Stubbs Lane and Tellefson Road.

GPS Coordinates:

33.997263,-118.38837

Al is seen driving up Chimineas Avenue and turning onto Chatham Lane past a housing complex under construction in Porter Ranch.

GPS Coordinates:

34.281699,-118.531634

As Al and Brian race to get there, Min Luong (Tina Trac) is kidnapped at 18200 Bathurst Street in Porter Hills.