Review of Tougher Than Leather (1988) by Paul B — 18 Mar 2013

So the story is not compelling or well put together...does that make it a bad movie? Absolutely not. Just sit back and relax and this film comes together with great pacing as collage of music footage, action, and trash talking (and short dramatic scenes which sort of go together). Obviously you have to like Run DMC to enjoy this...this is kinda heavy stuff to start a hiphop newbie on.

There are 80's and cheesy elements worked in all over the place, and edited like a high school video project with bits of this-and-that thrown in, instead of a highly cohesive cut more typical today. Personally I find this engaging, as the plot fails to thicken but the style keeps refreshing. I gotta take a star off for a couple moments where it went from B-movie to C-movie and was just painful to watch. But that's just 3-4 minutes, total.