Detroit Rock City Movie Review 1999

It's 1978, and a group of dim Kiss fans will do anything to get into a sold-out Detroit concert. And non-Kiss fans should do anything to get out of watching this movie. Manages to be tasteless and humorless even when it's not obviously annoying. Co-producer Gene Simmons and the boys only perform the title song, so Kiss fans will be left searching their neighborhood for an Old Folks Kabuki Theater for a fix of the elderly in makeup. Director Rifkin re-created the 1978 Kiss Love Gun Show with the band performing in that haven of heavy metal: Hamilton, Ontario?

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Period Piece: 1970s, Buddies, Teen Angst, Rock Stars on Film, Detroit, Rock Flicks

Screenplay

Carl DuPre

Cast

Edward Furlong, Sam Huntington, Giuseppe Andrews, Lin Shaye, James DeBello, Natasha Lyonne, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Peter Criss

Cinematography

John R. Leonetti

Director

Adam Rifkin

Music

J. Peter Robinson

Producer

New Line Cinema