dilbertsuperman

What came first the chicken or the egg? What came first brutal oppression by western powers or Islamic suicide bombers? It takes two to tango and this movie delves into the murky line that is blurred by career politicians controlling a populace via fear of a bogeyman and very real bombings and murders taking civilian lives. I've seen a lot of junk movies covering terrorism that are nothing more than propaganda and what I loved about this movie is not only the fantastic action scenes but the even handed treatment of terrorism, and where it originates from. Several scenes cover the topics of misguided Arabs youth looking for a violent solution to western oppression. At the same time the idea of a terrorist cell is covered in a realistic manner.

In the middle of all this mess is our hero trying to track down terrorists and render them harmless with extreme prejudice. The plot is fast paced and full of great action and the script is intelligent and realistic, much more true to life than many of the pieces of trash I've suffered through from Hollywood that are nothing more than government propaganda so a population can feel good about being at war with innocent people while decrying their resistance as the reason for invasion.

I love Joan Jett, I had the Runaways bootleg live album, one of the first albums I ever bought, back in the days of Vinyl and real rock and roll. While the Runaways birthed Joan Jett and The Blackhearts this movie doesn't really touch on that until the last 30 seconds of the movie and of course, that's the most interesting part of the story. This movie would have been better if they got rid of the fat chick from Arrested Development, who had no place in the movie at all. There's so many amazing stories from being on the road, but this movie is flat, and boring, and confusingly, about a bunch of underage chicks on the road in a rock band.. I mean.. come ON. This script is tame, and as such retarded since it doesn't emphasize the most interesting thing about the Runaways, Joan Jett, or Lita Ford for crissakes! Don't do a movie about rock and roll if you don't have the balls to show the scenes of what it's all about. I will say the casting for Lita and Joan Jett was pretty darn good and OK for Cherry.