Rock Star Movie Review 2001

Not a number one hit, but thanks to Mark Wahlberg, at least you won't choke on your own vomit. Working class Chris (Wahlberg) spends his off hours as the lead singer in Blood Pollution, a "tribute band" (don't call them a cover band!) to heavy metal demigods Steel Dragon. He gets a little too obsessive in the worship of his heroes, alienates the rest of the band, and is finally replaced for telling guitarist Rob (Olyphant) how to play. In a fantastical twist (and a none-too-subtle reference to real-life rockers Judas Priest), the musicians in Steel Dragon fire their secretly gay lead singer Bobby Beers (Flemyng) and recruit the amazed Chris to replace him. Real rock musicians and former rock star wives are scattered throughout the cast, but they don't add any glam to a rather bland depiction of a raunchy time period.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 106 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Struggling Musicians, Rock Flicks, Period Piece: 1980s

Screenplay

John Stockwell

Cast

Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Timothy Olyphant, Timothy Spall, Jason Flemyng, Dominic West, Matthew Glave, Beth Grant, Stephan Jenkins, Jason Bonham, Heidi Mark, Michael Shamus Wiles, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rachel Hunter, Colleen (Ann) Fitzpatrick

Cinematography

Ueli Steiger

Director

Stephen Herek

Music

Trevor Rabin

Other

Petur Hliddal, Budd Carr, Trudy Ship, Caty Maxey, Aggie Guerard Rodgers, Mayne Berke

Producer

Robert Lawrence, Toby Jaffe, Bel-Air Entertainment, Maysville Pictures, Warner Bros.