A startling about-face for Australian director Alex Proyas, and an unwelcome one as well. A former music-video director best known for delicious dark fantasies THE CROW (1994) and the sadly underrated DARK CITY (1998), Proyas attempts to make a bright rock-and-roll comedy but never gets the good times rolling. Freddy (Kick Gurry) sold his soul to rock and roll at a tender age, but the best he and his band — moody lead guitarist Joe (Brett Stiller), feisty bassist Tanya (Pia Miranda) and chemically altered drummer Lucy (Chris Sadrinna) — dare dream of is one gig in front of a paying audience. But their manager (Russell Dykstra) is incompetent and the state o...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
105 mins