Time to take a ride in the wayback machine!
The Story:
4 teens (Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Edward Furlong and Sam Huntington) have their own band, and they worship (not literally) KISS. They've got tickets to the big show in Detroit, 1978...
And then it all hits the fan when the ultra-conservative mom (Lin Shaye) finds and burns the tickets. Fate seems to shine on the boys one more time though when they win a radio contest for 4 tickets, and then all bets are off as they risk everything to make it to the show on time. However, where KISS is concerned, nothing is that easy...
It's almost like an unofficial autobiography of how great KISS was at the height of their fame in '78.
The actors are all convincing as high school slackers who like nothing more than to rock and roll all night, and party every day.
Yeah, you see what I just did there.
: )
The biggest problem with this movie may lie in the rating. It might have found more of an audience with the younger set had they toned the language way, way back. I mean seriously, if you have to have your characters dropping f'bombs in every sentence, that's just lazy writing. Most people don't actually talk like that, and if they do, odds are they don't have that many friends in real life.
Or, they are probably in the military... : /
My guess, whoever wrote this film grew up listening to Eddie Murphy's Raw, and figured the best way to humor was to just inundate it with so much profanity, you would just double-over with laughter.
Or maybe I'm wrong, which is why I've only seen this movie twice in its 15 year existence.
That said, the movie has a killer soundtrack, even if not ever song was released prior to 1978. I will forgive those mistakes as the music is pretty awesome and holds up 35+ years and counting.
Come on, any movie that includes the Greatest Hit of David Naughton isn't all bad.
The Story:
4 teens (Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Edward Furlong and Sam Huntington) have their own band, and they worship (not literally) KISS. They've got tickets to the big show in Detroit, 1978...
And then it all hits the fan when the ultra-conservative mom (Lin Shaye) finds and burns the tickets. Fate seems to shine on the boys one more time though when they win a radio contest for 4 tickets, and then all bets are off as they risk everything to make it to the show on time. However, where KISS is concerned, nothing is that easy...
It's almost like an unofficial autobiography of how great KISS was at the height of their fame in '78.
The actors are all convincing as high school slackers who like nothing more than to rock and roll all night, and party every day.
Yeah, you see what I just did there.
: )
The biggest problem with this movie may lie in the rating. It might have found more of an audience with the younger set had they toned the language way, way back. I mean seriously, if you have to have your characters dropping f'bombs in every sentence, that's just lazy writing. Most people don't actually talk like that, and if they do, odds are they don't have that many friends in real life.
Or, they are probably in the military... : /
My guess, whoever wrote this film grew up listening to Eddie Murphy's Raw, and figured the best way to humor was to just inundate it with so much profanity, you would just double-over with laughter.
Or maybe I'm wrong, which is why I've only seen this movie twice in its 15 year existence.
That said, the movie has a killer soundtrack, even if not ever song was released prior to 1978. I will forgive those mistakes as the music is pretty awesome and holds up 35+ years and counting.
Come on, any movie that includes the Greatest Hit of David Naughton isn't all bad.
: )
Naturally, the film culminates with a performance by KISS, led by Gene Simmons who doesn't look a day older thanks to the makeup and a special cameo from his wife.
Final Grade: B-
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Nope, can't purchase it. Too many little ears around my house. When Bruce Willis is spouting obscenities in Die Hard, it makes sense to the film. When it comes out literally in every character's dialogue for the entire movie...shock and awe... and I come away disappointed. Maybe I'll check it out again in 8-10 years.
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