TrueJoshNight Truly Dreadful Film

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

swurly2008 The movie is supposed to be satire. If you're complaining about how this movie isn't 'punk' it's because you're the person the movie is poking fun at. Being 'punk' is so much more than just acting a certain way, the whole point of this movie and being self aware is held in high reguards anong serious 'punks'.

logan vandiver This movie is a must for any one who was or still is a punk,when i first saw it it really spoke to me and caught my attention,Matthew Lillard really surprised me with his role as Stevo and makes you wonder why he went on to act in what he has acted in,in my opinion he's a very under looked actor and could have played in so many more great movies. Now any good movie needs a great soundtrack,and slc pulls it off very well with songs like Urban Struggle by The Vandals to Kill The Poor by The Dead Kennedys,the soundtrack definitely adds to the scenes in the movie very well and make the movie even better and memorable,The end of the film was great and ended leaving you feeling great and pleased and wanting to kick some ass and bust some heads,in conclusion to this review it's a wonderful movie,great cast,kickass soundtrack,and is a movie for anyone who wants to tell the world to f*** off

rtensleep-1 As one of those SLC Punks I want to say that I liked the film and Stevo even gave approval. Though the accuracy is not there and there is no mention of the SLC music which included 'The Massacre Guys' which was one of the bands Stevo was in, The film is of interest. I didn't know Bob well so I wont speak of him or how he obtained that moniker though the movie does tell of the myth. Stevo (Now known as Stephan Egerton) did not become a lawyer. In fact, after his good friend and Massacre Guy Karl Alverez. he joined the band 'All' and later they reverted back to the original 'Decedents' after Milo returned. Sean (Fightmaster)(You can find him on line) Did not become a bum as I knew him since he was 14. The acid in the sprinklers portion is up for debate though Sean at times of lucidity claimed that it never happened. Sean died of a heroin overdose two years ago and is greatly missed. Just a note from someone that was there...Though it's fuzzy now!

gapitman This movie is not about "being punk". It uses the same set-up as most sci-fi films do. You're a rebel in the most conservative town conceivable.What this film really does is talk about how people become caught up in ideology that "makes sense" but in the end just fails when logic and reality are applied. This can be seen with Stevo's argument with his dad. His dad says, "I didn't sell-out, son. I bought in, never forget that." Stevo even assaults his parent's "new ideology" when he points out that love failed them, religion has failed them, and materialism has failed them. Stevo asserts his "greater revelation" against that. Later when he evaluates his own anarchist position he realizes the seething contradiction of "assembling against the man" and "fighting". This has to by my favorite scene in the movie--when he goes through the slide show evaluating how he likes to fight, but fighting is not anarchy because it's a system. Basically, all of his relationships to himself and the world are a "system" against anarchy. He comes to no conclusion at this time.We see the friends begin to break-up and go their separate ways at the end of the film. The ridiculousness of the formerly "most hardcore guy" going to "Save the Trees" being just one more useless wasted ideology. It's used well to show they've failed at anarchy, and now they need something new to believe in.You'll also notice a tremendous amount of religious symbolism throughout the film in the mis-en-scene (the surroundings in the scenes). There are a lot of religious t-shirts that flash by for a moment. And, there are often crosses and crucifixes with Jesus on them around--even at the punk show scene. They're not obvious but exist in a tremendous number of the scenes in the film.So the movie is about recognizing that there is no ideal. Ideal is not reality.I think the movie is brilliant in its message. I don't think the form is the most elegant, but it is a very good movie just the same.Anyway, clearly the amount of discussion about "anarchy" and "punk" means most people only got the very surface detail of what this movie is about. If you're arguing about that--you missed it.