Thirty years ago this would have been a drive-in classic

Rating: 5/10 (18 March 2007)

In my youthful days of going to the drive-in to see movies, this would have been a classic. It's a cheap and fast moving sleaze-fest that entertains far more than enlightens. The turns of plot all but have flashing neon signs accompanying them, but as long as you go along for the ride it's harmless fun.
One could quibble about the fact that EVERY single Caucasian in the movie is either a scumbag, a slut or a moron, and every man and woman of color is virtuous and noble (even the drug dealing pimp who has a bit of a lighting halo over his head while he maintains that beating his women ain't his thing), but given the comic book/tabloid atmosphere of the film, that's a moot point.
Good performances by Ms. Ricci and Mr. Jackson, and I for one, enjoyed Samuel's singing and playing very much. If it wasn't him, he sold me on it enough to make it alright. The first song he played in the bar with his band was a killer.