Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

cultfilmfreaksdotcom As the legend goes, Robert Johnson stood on the crossroads and sold his soul to the devil. With that contract he wrote twenty-nine songs that defined the blues genre, and… to fit within this storyline… one more tune was written that was never recorded. And this is what a young classical guitarist with a blues itch named Eugene Martone, played by Ralph Macchio, wants to record to make himself famous.He finds revamped version of "Mr. Miyagi"… an eighty-year-old African American blues man stuck in a rest home. He first denies he's Blind Willie Brown (named for wearing glasses), best friend of Robert Johnson; but then cons Martone into breaking him out of the hospital. They go on a road trip that, it turns out, won't be an easy bus ride – and like all dues-paying journeymen, they hitchhike.Along the way the duo meet a beautiful young runaway who borders on being a prostitute. Jami Gertz's spirited Frances provides not only the necessary love-interest but lights the fuse of a few action sequences. Although the best moments have Martone and Willie alone discussing, and playing, the music director Walter Hill celebrates through a soundtrack by slide guitar virtuoso Ry Cooder – providing each soulful lick Macchio imitates on the fretboard with amazing dexterity.One can argue this particular casting choice is a bit too conventional, especially given Macchio's mainstream status as a popular young star, but he does a good job. His final guitar duel with heavy metal shredder Steve Vai, so that Willie can get his soul back from an age-old crossroads deal, is reminiscent of both THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA and THE KARATE KID finale: playing his guitar, Macchio does all but a crane kick to literally beat the Devil. Yet with all the town-to-town adventures this is really about the music, not only a character in itself but the reason for the entire trip.For More Reviews: www.cultfilmfreaks.com

kclipper 1986 was a bit early for my undeveloped mind to admire this great film, nevertheless HBO continued to air it, and day after day I would watch bits and pieces, shrug my shoulders and finally switch to something more to my liking (like Evil Dead 2 for instance). Fast Forward twenty some years later...WOW...Whata great film!! Now after gaining an appreciation of blues culture and music, as well as great performances, one can only acknowledge this as a remarkable and unique little masterpiece. Walter Hill directs this with flair, and the script holds a true understanding of the southern blues lifestyle and musical development and its integration into the blues and metal scene that earmarked the 1980's. Ralph Macchio really delivered during his Karate Kid days, and this is his most triumphant performance yet, as he portrays a young, gifted guitarist obsessed with the legend of the great Robert Johnson, who journeyed to the crossroads to make a pact with the devil so he could play like no one else. Eugene seeks the great harmonica player Willie Brown who supposedly wrote a final song together with Robert Johnson that was never released. Together Eugene and Willie travel to Mississippi to learn the real blues, and finally fulfill his dream. To record the 30th song. Great adventure and turns lie ahead as Eugene gets to confront the same demons of the great classic blues guitarists. This has every quality of an interesting film. It captures the mystery and ruggedness of the original southern blues culture, and explores the Robert Johnson legend with style. The rapport between Macchio and Seneca is excellent, and the supernatural theme sneaks in at the perfect moments. All this together with great music and tight screenplay make this an intelligent American lost 80's classic. Look for Steve Vai's cameo guitar battle scene!

guitar120-1 When I was a young teenager, I did not know much about myself or what hobbies I really enjoyed. It was not until I watched "Crossroads" (1986) that I developed this phenomenal interest and passion for the guitar. My guitar studies are an important part of my life. Subsequently, this movie changed me as a person and allowed me to live my life with a specific direction. Eugene Martone (Ralph Macchio) is a young classical guitar prodigy who has a strong underlying passion to play the blues. His vast knowledge of the Mississippi Delta Blues history and his desire to find a mythical lost song lead him to Willie Brown (Joe Seneca). He is an old living blues legend who is trapped in an old folks home and claims to know the lost song. The two blues-men adventure from New York to the Mississippi Delta to learn the lost song and, most importantly, to break the deal with the devil that Willie had made there many years before.The film encompasses two main philosophical ideas. One is the classic "Good will always prevail over evil," which is wonderfully portrayed in the epic guitar dual of good verses evil. Similar to the dueling banjos in "Deliverance", Satan's guitarist uses his heavy metal styling against Eugene's blues and classical talent. The other idea is about making smart decisions, which reflects on Willie Brown's unwise deal with the devil.The film does an exceptional job with explaining its perspective on the true feeling of the delta blues. In a very powerful scene Willie Brown explains, "The blues ain't nothing' but a good man feelin' bad, thinking' 'bout the woman he once was with." It also contains a supernatural aspect that creates a wonderful and very climactic conflict resolution with an uplifting feeling for the end of the movie. This movie is truly worth seeing. It will educate and entertain its audience.

Papajack55 I will have to say I give this movie a 10 due to the fact that it was based on the legendary Robert Johnson, The King of the Delta Blues. I have been to the famed "Crossroads" and have found it to be a place of intrigue, but to a lot of other people, they may feel nothing. Macchio and Seneca both put on a great performance as actors for this movie to really make people think Johnson actually tried "selling his soul." That was a good plot in the movie. Gertz played an excellent part in showing Macchio how to be 'blue,' when he needed to be. Excellent movie! All musicians should see this movie as a requisite.If they (Macchio and Seneca) had portrayed trying to get Johnson's "last song," Scratch (Judd) wouldn't give it to them. Judd played a good part also. Especially in the end, when he tore up the contract after Macchio finished playing, and Vai walked away from his guitar.