Prayer of the Rollerboys

Griffin, an accomplished inline skater, works as a delivery boy in near-future Los Angeles. The city is overrun with crime and drug use, in the wake of "The Great Crash": an economic catastrophe triggered by the greed of previous generations. The film includes ominous events, including: news reports of riots in Washington D.C. (due to the Armed Forces going on strike); a television ad announcing that Harvard University was moved to Japan, followed by a question from one of the characters if "there will be any Universities left in America"; a newspaper headline that proclaims "GERMANY BUYS POLAND"; and references to the Vatican hiring the Israeli Defense Forces to "clean up" Northern Ireland.

A heavily-armed white supremacist conglomerate known as the Rollerboys fight for control of the decaying city. Their director is charismatic narcotics-kingpin Gary Lee: a childhood neighbor of Griffin's, who's also rumored to be the great-grandson of Adolf Hitler. The Rollerboys carry out their mission of restoring Anglo-America's former greatness, through violent battles with other gangs...and through the distribution of "Heaven Mist", a designer drug. Griffin's younger brother Miltie, who idolizes the Rollerboys, takes a job with them pushing mist on the streets; eventually, Miltie starts using it himself. Then Casey, an undercover cop, recruits Griffin to join the Rollerboys as a mole...in exchange for a better life.

Griffin is initiated but his loyalty to the Rollerboys is soon called into question. In order to prove himself, he unknowingly pummels Speedbagger, his and Miltie's Afro-American landlord, nearly to death. Shortly thereafter, Griffin discovers the chilling truth behind the Rollerboys' mantra "The Day of the Rope is coming". Rope turns out to be a toxic mist-additive, developed by the Rollerboys, which gradually renders its users sterile; the purpose of this is to "eliminate the weak", removing future generations of the "junkie" population, thus giving the Rollerboys free rein over their concepts of a thriving American society.

• Corey Haim as Griffin
• Patricia Arquette as Detective Casey
• Christopher Collet as Gary Lee
• Julius Harris as "Speedbagger"
• Devin Clark as Miltie
• Mark Pellegrino as Bango
• Morgan Weisser as Bullwinkle
• J.C. Quinn as Lieutenant Jaworski
• Aron Eisenberg as Teen Boy
• Jake Dengel as Tyler
• G. Smokey Campbell as Watt
• John P. Connolly as "Pinky"
• Dal Trader as Sergeant
• John-Michael Steele as Officer Rogers (uncredited)

• The film was nominated for two Saturn Awards: Best Performance by a Younger Actor (Corey Haim) and Best Science Fiction Film.
• Movie historian Leonard Maltin gave the film 2.5 out of a possible 4 stars: "...A provocative setting and some clever bits of dark comedy are weakened by needlessly-excessive violence...Christopher Collet (as usual) projects enough magnetism for ten, but not even he can counteract a painfully-predictable finale."[1]

• Ethnic bioweapon

• Prayer of the Rollerboys at IMDb
• Prayer of the Rollerboys at Rotten Tomatoes
• http://www.paper-dragon.com/cyberpunk/rns/rollerboys/ (includes role-playing game stats)