This movie is loosely based on the true story Of Tim "Ripper" Owens, the kid that after playing in a Judas Priest cover band got the chance of a lifetime and replaced their original lead singer. So, Mark Wahlberg (The Departed) stars as Chris Cole (Basically Owens), a kid who is obsessed with a rock band Called Steel Dragon. He himself is in a cover band called Blood Pollution (A Steel Dragon song) and soon finds himself out when his obsession with playing the songs the way they were meant to be played gets him kicked out of the band. He gets a chance phone call from Steel Dragons leader and guitarist Kirk Cuddy (Dominic West) and gets invited to tryout for the leader singer position vacated by their original singer Bobby Beers (Jason Flemyng). Chris gets the job and it's fun and surreal at first, but then it ends up not being all that it cracked up to be for him. The movie features a mega soundtrack and a mega cast of musicians as well like Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne/Black Label Society) as Steel Dragon Guitarist Ghode, Jeff Pilson (Ex-Dokken, Foreigner) as Bassist Jorgen, The son of legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham is Jason Bonham (Bonham) as drummer A.C., Blas Elias (Slaughter) as Blood Pollution drummer Donny Johnson, Nick Catanese (Black Label Society) as Blood Pollution guitarist Xander Cummins, Brian Vander Ark (Verve Pipe) as Blood Pollution's Bassist Ricki Bell, Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) as the singer to a rival band, Bradley, and Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) as Thor. The movie also features real life rock photographer Neil Zlozower, The very sexy Rachel Hunter, Heidi Mark, Carrie Stevens, and Amy Miller as the Steel Dragon Wives, Jennifer Aniston (Love Happens) as Chris's manager and girlfriend, Timothy Spall (Appaloosa) as the sleazy Steel Dragon road manager, Dagmara Dominczyk (Running With Scissors) as their publicist, and Timothy Olyphant (Hit Man) as Chris friend and former Blood Pollution band mate Rob. I love this movie because I'm a big fan of 80's metal and the whole fantasy of singing with your favorite band always keeps me glued to watch this and dream at the same time. I give this movie an A
Monday, February 8, 2010
Rock Star (2001)
This movie is loosely based on the true story Of Tim "Ripper" Owens, the kid that after playing in a Judas Priest cover band got the chance of a lifetime and replaced their original lead singer. So, Mark Wahlberg (The Departed) stars as Chris Cole (Basically Owens), a kid who is obsessed with a rock band Called Steel Dragon. He himself is in a cover band called Blood Pollution (A Steel Dragon song) and soon finds himself out when his obsession with playing the songs the way they were meant to be played gets him kicked out of the band. He gets a chance phone call from Steel Dragons leader and guitarist Kirk Cuddy (Dominic West) and gets invited to tryout for the leader singer position vacated by their original singer Bobby Beers (Jason Flemyng). Chris gets the job and it's fun and surreal at first, but then it ends up not being all that it cracked up to be for him. The movie features a mega soundtrack and a mega cast of musicians as well like Zakk Wylde (Ozzy Osbourne/Black Label Society) as Steel Dragon Guitarist Ghode, Jeff Pilson (Ex-Dokken, Foreigner) as Bassist Jorgen, The son of legendary Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham is Jason Bonham (Bonham) as drummer A.C., Blas Elias (Slaughter) as Blood Pollution drummer Donny Johnson, Nick Catanese (Black Label Society) as Blood Pollution guitarist Xander Cummins, Brian Vander Ark (Verve Pipe) as Blood Pollution's Bassist Ricki Bell, Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) as the singer to a rival band, Bradley, and Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge) as Thor. The movie also features real life rock photographer Neil Zlozower, The very sexy Rachel Hunter, Heidi Mark, Carrie Stevens, and Amy Miller as the Steel Dragon Wives, Jennifer Aniston (Love Happens) as Chris's manager and girlfriend, Timothy Spall (Appaloosa) as the sleazy Steel Dragon road manager, Dagmara Dominczyk (Running With Scissors) as their publicist, and Timothy Olyphant (Hit Man) as Chris friend and former Blood Pollution band mate Rob. I love this movie because I'm a big fan of 80's metal and the whole fantasy of singing with your favorite band always keeps me glued to watch this and dream at the same time. I give this movie an A
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