As silly as those "Beach Party" movies from the mid-'60s could get, at least they had energetic casts and funny screwball comedy. "Roller Boogie" does have a curly-topped Linda Blair, but backs her up with a bunch of long-in-the-tooth teen-nobodys and awful disco music on the soundtrack. Jim Bray, real-life skater and debuting romantic lead, works well with Linda and they have a few engaging scenes; unfortunately, their love story is treated as a sub-plot, and is so shallowly presented that one can only scoff. The film's big climactic chase is botched by sloppy editing, with stunt-work right off the assembly line, and the skating contest finale is an unintentionally funny montage of lifts and sassy poses. Truly hell on wheels. *1/2 from ****
Review of Roller Boogie
