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*Plot analyzed*
The movie captures a certain time and scene (mid 1980's club music scene), but it gets bogged down with bad writing. Still, it's worth a look for the corny music and rock-type outfits they all wear. Some of the songs are actually better than some of the dumb teen songs done today.
I didn't think they did a bad job at all. So if you go into this expecting that, you won't be disappointed. It's mostly clichéd and such, but again, I like the club scenes of the era.
The premise is a struggling band whose lead singer wants to make it at all costs, including throwing the band's new member keyboardist (Catherine Mary Stewart - she really sings her songs here) under the wheels. He steals a lot of her music. Lee Ving (Los Angeles punk rock band Fear) is in it, so is Joe Pantoliano, Steve Railsback and 1960's and 1970's character actor Alex Rocco, whose Adopted son Marc Rocco, directed.
It's a fun and dumb film.
*Plot analyzed*
The movie captures a certain time and scene (mid 1980's club music scene), but it gets bogged down with bad writing. Still, it's worth a look for the corny music and rock-type outfits they all wear. Some of the songs are actually better than some of the dumb teen songs done today.
I didn't think they did a bad job at all. So if you go into this expecting that, you won't be disappointed. It's mostly clichéd and such, but again, I like the club scenes of the era.
The premise is a struggling band whose lead singer wants to make it at all costs, including throwing the band's new member keyboardist (Catherine Mary Stewart - she really sings her songs here) under the wheels. He steals a lot of her music. Lee Ving (Los Angeles punk rock band Fear) is in it, so is Joe Pantoliano, Steve Railsback and 1960's and 1970's character actor Alex Rocco, whose Adopted son Marc Rocco, directed.
It's a fun and dumb film.