Lords Of Dogtown (2006)

After the success of Dogtown and Z Boys, the underground documentary that tells the story of a group of young skateboarders who revolutionised the sport by applying techniques typically used in surfboarding and making it what it is today, this biopic of sorts was put into production. It is directed by Catherine Hardwicke (best known for her film Thirteen) and she did a brilliant job.
The cast is made up of mostly young actors, Emile Hirsch , John Robinson (who played John in Elephant!), Victor Rasuk and Michael Angarano. All of the actors are brilliant, Emile Hirsch who portays Jay Adams is especially good and captures the punk and carefree attitude of Adams brilliantly. Heath Ledger plays Skip Engblom, the owner of a surfboarding shop who forms the Z Boys and tells them to use Urethane Wheels in order to execute their surfing moves on wheels, I consider this one of Ledger's best roles to this day, I can't even begin to explain how good he is in it, you have to watch it to realise.
I really enjoyed this film, I think it was absolutely brilliant. One of my only criticisms is that people who haven't seen the aformentioned documentary or don't know the history of the Z Boys already might get lost within the storyline because of the amount of characters there is.
Other than that , it is absolutely fantastic.