Vi befinder os i år 2018. Der findes ikke længere krig. Der er ingen kriminalitet. Det eneste der findes er... Spillet. I en verden, hvor hensynsløse kæmpefirmaer hersker enerådigt, er denne ondskabsfulde og barbariske "sport" den eneste måde, masserne kan få afløb for deres vrede og frustrationer på. Folk sidder klistret til deres tv-skærme og ser "Rollerball": en brutal sammenblanding af amerikansk fodbold, motorcross og hockey. Jonathan E. er stjernespilleren - en mand, hvis talent er til fare for ham selv. Firmaet har bortført den kvinde, Jonathan elsker, men de kan ikke stikke af med hans sjæl - selv om den djævelske direktør beder ham trække sig tilbage... ellers vil han komme til at lide på god gammeldags manér. Med sin surrealistiske billedside og sine nervepirrende action sekvenser vil Rollerball gribe dig om hjertet - og aldrig give slip!
Jonathan Cross er nyeste mand på banen i den mest ekstreme af alle ekstreme sportsgrene, og han får straks status som superstjerne på grund af sine hurtige træk og flotte udseende. Men hans liv i overhalingsbanen kolliderer med virkeligheden, da han finder ud af, at ligaens ejer planlægger alvorlige ”uheld” i kampene for at få seertallet op. Nu sætter Jonathan sig som mål at udslette ejeren og hans hensynsløse sport, før kampene tager livet af ham...
Teen lovers Bobby and Terry band together with other roller skaters to try and prevent a powerful mobster taking over the land their favourite skating rink sits on, and compete in the Boogie Contest.
A film that shows how "hard" it is to be son of celebrities.
A street-gang leader challenges a handsome young skater in a championship contest at the local roller-disco rink.
When America's last standing roller rinks are threatened with closure, a community of thousands battle in a racially charged environment to save an underground subculture.
Popeye takes Olive roller skating in a rink. She's never skated before, so he has to teach her, and she's not a quick learner. Before long Olive ends up outside the rink, rolling wildly out of control.
In 2001 a rowdy group of Austin women were determined to ressurect an old sport, but with a new spin. This is the beginning of a revolution: HELL ON WHEELS is the ass-kicking documentary film telling the story of a group of Texas women who band together to resurrect roller derby for the 21st century. Emerging from the Austin music and arts scene, these women create a rock and roll fueled version of all-girl roller derby that has spawned the derby craze that's sweeping the nation.
Branch Brook Park Roller Rink, located in Newark, NJ, is one of the few remaining urban rinks of its kind. This concrete structure is nestled in a public park bordered by public housing and a highway. Upon first glance, the exterior resembles a fallout shelter; however, the streamers and lights of the interior are reminiscent of 1970s roller discos. This 55 minute documentary depicts a space cherished by skaters and a city struggling to move beyond its past and forge a new narrative amidst contemporary social issues.
A girl learning to roller skate is approached by a stranger.
On the closing day of his beloved roller-rink, a retro robot does his best to survive his final shift despite his scummy boss, kinky coworker, and a whole host of eccentric new-age customers.
The regulars of Chicago's Southside Rink show off the style and personality of the place they have called home for generations.
Join Gallagher for his first TV special from 1980, complete with candy bar treats and a Sledge-O-Matic routine for which the audience was ill prepared.
Documentary following the friendship and rivalry between two teams in TXRD, a Texas roller derby league.
A roller rink employee struggles to balance his love of entertaining children with the dangerous drug dealing he's doing on the side.
More than a dozen shots, some less than a second, of people wearing roller skates in various settings: a young man in skates sits on a low guardrail next to a city sidewalk reading, a woman with a child shoots by, a constable skates gingerly, a man skates by in suit and vest, another cleans front steps, children skate into a room where papa and siblings sit, someone slips at the base of stairs, a man in a cowboy hat moves fast, two jovial chubby women shake hands, our man in the hat trips over a wheelbarrow, then falls again as he rounds a corner, then down goes the constable. It's a crazy day on the city sidewalks.