Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

archie_stanton Horrible all the way around. Only if interest for fans of REALLY obscure cinema, I rate this for the bottom 200. In fact I would put this right at number 50, because like everything else in this piece of garbage it has Just Enough to save it from a 1 star rating.First the Good. The Jimi Hendrix actor is passable. Jim looks like a Halloween costume, and Janis looks nothing at all like Janis Joplin.All the songs are soundalikes, obviously as a movie of this budget could never get the rights to classic hits. BUT, the soundalikes honestly do sound like what the artist would be doing in 1982, had they lived. Too bad this movie takes place in 1968-1971. Get my drift? There is enough here to bear watching this train smash --- but only to have it fail 90% of the time.The actual story was kinda decent, has it been directed by an Oliver Stone, we might have an actual movie here.The budget SEVERELY limits this film... instead of Janis's signature 1/5th of SOCO she drinks from a pint of whatever, and even uses and 80's style juicer.In the scene where the UK cover of Electric Ladyland is shot, instead of a mountain of nude women, we get 2 topless ones...It goes on and on and on... deserves a Rifftrack... but this movie runs 2 HOURS... are you kidding? Only of interest to people who like to go to sleep or vomit. It's bad.

EyeAskance The inimitable schlockmeister Larry Buchanan must have really poured his heart and soul into this broccoli-fart...it's far more polished than any of the other pictures I've seen by him. That said, it is also possibly the worst film about rock and roll ever made, and paroxysmal laughter is one-hundred percent guaranteed.This is an intellectually-challenged conspiracy feature which brings to light the shocking "truth" about the wild lives and untimely deaths of three rock legends-- Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin. As you will see...they did NOT die from drug overdoses, as claimed the headlines...nope. The startling fact is that they were murdered by an elite group of assassins because they were subversive counterculture mavericks leading a massive youth rebellion during the Vietnam war! One of them may have been spared...but why spoil a novel "twist" ending?You know you're in for a really stinky treat when the cover of a video about these long-dead rock legends boasts that there are "12 original songs", but frankly, a better than expected job was done making them sound authentic. In fact, the ersatz Doors pieces are frighteningly believable. Less believable, however, are the performances by the leads...they should thank God that they never became famous, because there's no way in all hell they'd ever be able to live this one down.Big cheers for the MC5 poster, gratuitous groupie boobs, and one of the famed penis immortalizers hauling her plaster-casting gear around in a vintage Carousel wig box.Seven and one half stars(of ten), for all the wrong reasons.

Mike Eder I love this movie it is so funny. I think that Jim Morrisons stoned surfer dude dialog is worthy of an academy. Jimi's vomit is the stuff of the heavens, and hey at last a good looking Janis who CAN sing. Anyhow if you love bad movies and sitting drunk with your friends and making sarcastic remarks is your idea of fun, this may be your waterloo! The bizarre music may be the highlight, but then I remember the plot. Honestly it's really crazy and you must see it to believe it. I suppose the Hendrix guy was the best, but they sure give him some off the wall lines. Jim of course is made out to be an incoherent wreck. Janis they were nicer too, but somehow I don't think any of three hung out as much as this film would lead you to think. Actually thinking isn't the point of this movie, it's just enjoying the schlock. Ed Wood had he lived may have turned out something just like this.

J. Mike Perkins Schlock master Larry Buchanan combines his love of conspiracy theories with his amazing ability to present unrealistic history in this movie, perhaps the worst rock music related film ever made. The actors only vaguely resemble Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison, and produce amusing sound alike fake music for the soundtrack. All musical performances take place on the same cheap set which is said to be in different places all over the world. Everything has an extreme bargain basement quality about it. A lot more fun to watch than Woodstock.