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Gleaming the Cube

1989 · 106 min · Director: Graeme Clifford ★ IMDb 6.3 · 10,087 ratings

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Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications. To the police it looks like suicide, but Brian knows better so he skates off to investigate the murder himself.

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Gleaming the Cube (1989) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 30%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Anxiety, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Mystery, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Anxiety and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Curiosity
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Excitement

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Curiosity
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then peaks around 88 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionCuriositySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Excitement43 %12 %10 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor43 %19 %20 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Curiosity53 %40 %38 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Tension71 %54 %39 %50 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Sadness74 %43 %38 %61 %
27.5 %≈ 29′Curiosity65 %43 %48 %41 %
32.5 %≈ 34′Tension63 %51 %54 %26 %
37.5 %≈ 40′Curiosity61 %45 %61 %26 %
42.5 %≈ 45′Curiosity68 %34 %54 %43 %
47.5 %≈ 50′Sadness74 %20 %31 %60 %
52.5 %≈ 56′Humor63 %18 %32 %48 %
57.5 %≈ 61′Curiosity53 %31 %49 %24 %
62.5 %≈ 66′Curiosity57 %50 %54 %11 %
67.5 %≈ 72′Tension64 %61 %49 %15 %
72.5 %≈ 77′Tension64 %61 %44 %24 %
77.5 %≈ 82′Tension68 %66 %39 %26 %
82.5 %≈ 87′Tension80 %79 %29 %24 %
87.5 %≈ 93′Excitement86 %80 %18 %15 %
92.5 %≈ 98′Excitement75 %54 %9 %18 %
97.5 %≈ 103′Sadness60 %22 %3 %27 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

RH
Richard Herd

Richard Herd

Ed Lawndale

Ed Lauter

Mr. Kelly

LT
Le Tuan

Colonel Trac

PK
Peter Kwong

Bobby Nguyen

Charles Cyphers

Harvey McGill

MM
Micole Mercurio

Mrs. Kelly

ML
Min Luong

Tina Trac

AC
Art Chudabala

Vinh Kelly

TH
Tony Hawk

Buddy

TG
Tommy Guerrero

Sam

CJ
Christian Jacobs

Gremic

JG
Joe Gosha

Nick Oliver

AN
Andy Nguyen

Tran Thanh

KC
Kieu Chinh

Madame Trac

JR
Joshua Ravetch

Student Pilot

Jack Riley

Homeowner

ÁM
Ángela Moya

Housekeeper

Details

Directed by
Graeme Clifford
Written by
Michael Tolkin
Type
Movies
Released
1989
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.3 · 10,087 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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