![]() ![]() ![]() Jennifer Aniston is woefully underused in a standard-issue "good woman who stands by her man and holds on to her values" role, but it is nice to see the musicians played by real-life guitarists Zakk Wylde and Brian Vander Ark, bassist Jeff Pilson and drummer Jason Bonham. Wahlberg enjoys himself onscreen, but it is impossible not to compare this to his performance in the vastly more complex and intelligent Boogie Nights, another movie about a naive young man who is brought into a world of debauchery and corruption. The movie's biggest problem is that it cannot make up its mind whether it wants to be a satire or play it straight. Whats the Story ROCK STAR centers on Chris (Mark Wahlberg), a 1980s metal bands biggest fan, who gets picked out of obscurity to become the bands new lead singer, only to find that dreams are not always what they seem from the outside. Originally dubbed Metal God, it was a box-office bomb that was criticised for its banality and an over-reliance on cliché. Cast Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Flemyng, Timothy Olyphant, Timothy Spall, Dominic Weao Director Stephen Herek In this comic adaptation of the real-life story of Tim 'Ripper' Owen, through a twist of fate, an office supply salesman and fan of the '80s heavy metal band 'Judas Priest,' becomes the group's lead singer, and his life. Rock Star is in that last category, yet it is still has moments of guilty pleasure. Like Rock Star, the 2001 film starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Anniston. There is logic, there is movie logic, and then there is the kind of "throw some big musical numbers and some good-looking stars on the screen and no one will notice that it makes no sense whatsoever" logic. This is an unimaginative rise-and-fall story that never really captures our hearts or even our attention at least that makes it easier to ignore major lapses in the story line. The majority of the musicians in the movie are actual musicians: Mark Wahlberg fronted Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch Jason Bonham (A.C., Steel Dragon drummer) is the son of John Bonham and was the drummer for Led Zeppelin Jeff Pilson (Jorgen, Steel Dragon bassist) is the bassist for Dokken Zakk Wylde (Ghode, Steel Dragon. ![]()
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