Jennifer Anniston is his tart-tongued, dewy-eyed girlfriend, Emily who, inevitably tires of life on the road, which leads to the equally inevitable scene where Chris must choose between decadence and dewy eyes. The next thing he knows, hes on the road living the dream.įrom here on its all stock characters and stock situations. He gets a phone call from Steel Dragon asking him to fly out to California to audition to replace the lead singer hes been imitating, er, tributing all these years. Still, our Chris is an earnest, wide-eyed innocent who loves his mom and his baby sister, so when life in the form of his ungrateful backup band deals him a bad blow, fate evens it out. Theres volumes of social commentary there, best summed up by Chris cop brother, when he points out the salient fact that Chris isnt living his fantasy life, hes living someone elses. Theirs is not the only such band in town and one of the films few clever moments is when the look-alike members of two of these competing bands, who match right down to costumes and attitude, come to blows in the parking lot at a Steel Dragon concert. The before is when hes a copy machine technician still living at home with mom and dad by day, and the lead singer in a cover band, excuse me, >tribute< band dedicated to the music and mythos of Steel Dragon. Its the standard tale of the dangers of getting what you wish for, of the hollowness of a life of too much sex, drugs, and rock and roll.įortunately, he spends a lot of time in those pants both before and after he hits the big time. Mark Wahlberg looks yummy in tight leather pants and thats a good thing because theres not much else to recommend his latest flick, ROCK STAR.
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