Director Katt Shea Ruben's string of B movies--STREETS is her fourth--for producer Roger Corman continue to herald a major talent in the making. Christina Applegate--almost unrecognizable here to those who know her as the curvaceous Kelly on the Fox sitcom "Married with Children"--plays
Dawn, a heroin-addicted LA teenage hooker who meets up with Sy (David Mendenhall), a fresh-scrubbed suburban teen who's ridden down from Santa Barbara (on his bike!) for the weekend with the vague idea of becoming a Hollywood rock star. His dreams begin turning to disillusionment pretty much from
the start, when he begins his LA visit by saving Dawn from a gun-toting trick who takes...
Released:
1990
Rated:
R
Length:
83 mins