Entertaining story about the famed 1970s New York nightclub

Rating: 7/10 (28 March 2003)

54 (1998) D: Mark Christopher. Ryan Phillipe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers, Sela Ward, Breckin Myer, Sherry Stringfield, Jay Goede. Uneven if entertaining story about the famed 1970s New York nightclub, as told through the eyes of a young bartender (Phillipe). The cinematography and set pieces are spectacular and the film really catches the look and feel of the late 1970s. Although Myers delivers a notable performance as the nightclub owner Steve Rubell, the film belongs to Phillipe, who has never looked hotter. Campbell has a disappointing lack of screen time. RATING: 7 out of 10. Rated R for violence, sexual situations, profanity, and drug use.