Review of Detroit Rock City (1999) by Stuart K — 30 Jul 2009
Directed by Adam Rifkin, who wrote such kiddies films such as Mousehunt and Small Soldiers, comes this bit of 70's rock nostalgia. Quite underrated too, it's a bit of fun too, it's got a small cult following amongst rockers and such, but it should get a little more exposure.
It begins in Cleveland, Ohio in 1978, and it follows 4 friends, Hawk (Edward Furlong), Lex (Giuseppe Andrews), Trip (James DeBello) and Jam (Sam Huntington), 4 rebellious teenage rockers who try to emulate Kiss in concert.
They're all planning to see Kiss in concert over in Detroit, they have the tickets. But, then confiscated and burnt by Jam's ultra-conservative mother (Lin Shaye), but Trip wins a contest for Kiss tickets and they set out for Detroit to collect them, but nothing goes to plan, It's a funny little film, but our 4 heroes make a good team, especially when bad luck trips them up, they're not gonna give in that easily.
Even Kiss endorsed the film, (Gene Simmons produced it), it was a sad flop on release, but it's a good film, and it would help to spread the word around about this one!!
This review of Detroit Rock City (1999) was written by Stuart K on 30 Jul 2009.
Detroit Rock City has generally received positive reviews.
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