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Detroit Rock City

91 minutes (15) EV
Director: Adam Rifkin
review by Gary Couzens

It's 1978 and four high school students have tickets to see 'Kiss' live. Unfortunately one of their mothers burns the tickets as she is convinced Kiss are in league with the Devil. So how do they get to see their favourite band? Plenty of misadventures ensue on the way to Detroit. Unusual in its period setting - which unlike Boogie Nights isn't dwelled upon - Detroit Rock City is at heart just another teen movie, with the pursuit of sex secondary to that of rock and roll. But there's obvious affection here from writer and director Adam Rifkin, even if some of the characters (notably the Bible-bashing mother) veer all the way into caricature. But he gets good performances out of his young cast, most of who aren't too familiar, apart from Edward Furlong and, noteworthy in a small part, Natasha Lyonne. There's plenty of contemporary rock music on the soundtrack, not all of it by Kiss, who appear in person at the end. Detroit Rock City is fast, disposable, entertaining and very, very loud.

Gary Couzens
originally published online in VideoVista #14, May 2000 issue

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