Cert 12A
96 mins
BBFC advice: Contains one use of strong language and dangerous sports action.
I have never broken a bone in my body and intend it to stay that way.
Thus, I have not tried skateboarding, surfing, riding a motorbike or leaping from a helicopter.
Therefore, it seems pretty clear to me that I am not a member of director Jacob Rosenberg's target audience for his new film, Waiting For Lightning.
And yet, by its conclusion, I was full of admiration for its subject, Danny Way.
This is a biopic which is wrapped around Way's attempt to jump the Great Wall Of China on a skateboard.
It outlines his extraordinary life and the logistical issues which surrounded the leap.
Way was born into a bohemian family on America's West Coast. Free-thinking was encouraged to the point that it wasn't always in sync with the law.
And along the way to skateboard superstardom was tragedy and turmoil at home which has carved the daredevil personality which Way is today.
Rosenberg's film contains few words from its subject but does include very honest interviews with his mother and brother.
It also contains contributions from many of his peers, including those who first skated with him at the Del Mar skatepark near his home in Vista, San Diego.
And then we move on to the preparations for the leap of the Great Wall which became such a huge event in China that an official TV message from the Minister For Extreme Sports stated that support of Way was "mandatory''and "greatly encouraged''.
I shan't give away the outcome although I can't imagine anyone interested in this film doesn't know it (the leap happened in 2005).
But what I will say is that it provided an apt climax to the story of one of the world's true ground-breakers.
Would I like to meet Danny Way? Probably not - I can't think we would have much in common. Do I admire his guts and skill? Absolutely.
Laughs: none
Jumps: well, none of that sort. Plenty of the other.
Vomit: none
Nudity: none
Overall rating: 7.5/10