A movie where defiance reigns supreme!

Rating: 10/10 (10 September 2005)

^^^***LOTS OF SPOILERS!***^^^
Detroit Rock City is a definite must-see motion picture for rocks fans. Kiss is one of my top favorite groups so this movie keeps me entertained all the way through. This film takes place a few years before I was born. After the phenomenal success of the Kiss Worldwide Reunion Tour, someone hatched out a brilliant idea for a movie concept featuring Kiss as the spotlight band. During their heyday in the 1970's, Kiss was one of the biggest and greatest bands on the face of the planet. This movie gives a depiction on something that could have happened back in 1978, or at any point during the group's initial peak period. The results are magnificent.
Friends Hawk, Lex, Trip, and Jam are four high school students who are avid rock fans; they are a garage/basement band named Mystery. The guys are gearing up for a Kiss concert in Detroit. Unfortunately, Jam's mother thinks that the group is like a force of pure Santanic evil, as she is a devoted church goer. She burns their concert tickets and opts to send her son off to a brutal boarding school. Defiance is everywhere here in this astounding piece of entertainment. Elvis, the high school's sinister hall monitor, is out to capture the gang after loitering in the hall without proper passes. They escape his wrath and decide to ditch school. The fellas borrow a car belonging to Lex's mother and head out to Detroit after Trip wins four new tickets on a radio contest. The road trip officially begins once Jam is rescued from the moronic institution located in the next county. On the highway, the gang fouls up with a slice of pizza and a couple of macho, selfish, judgmental fools, Kenny and Bobby, are out to make them pay the price for getting their car windshield messy. These two jerks are avid disco music fans and once they hear Kiss from an 8-track they throw it out into the street, where it gets crushed by a fire engine. Hawk kicks Kenny in the crotch and the boys knock Bobby out. The Guidos are tied up and tortured while their car is creamed with mud. When they make it to Detroit, things go wrong again when they lose their concert tickets from the radio station; Trip hung up too soon when he was participating in the contest. As a result, the boys temporarily disband so they can get new tickets some other way. They are very determined to see their number one favorite rock band perform in concert. Jam's mother is leading a protest again Kiss and their music. She sees him and takes him into a church. Lex tries to sneak past security at the concert venue but is pursued by a fat, loud, and arrogant guard. Hawk manages to get into a strip club and perform for money. Trip initially tries to steal tickets from children at a convenience store but is threatened by a muscle-bound buffoon and his cohorts. To avoid getting hit by this psycho, Trip must rob the store so the goons can have some extra cash. He eventually battles is out with a real store thief and manages to win the heart of the gorgeous gal who is running the register. Lex is caught by the hot-tempered guard and is thrown into a pile of garbage, where he is cornered be vicious dogs. He gradually escapes this situation and the dogs no longer try to attack him. After that he finds his mother's car at a repair shop that is run by two sleazy mechanics. They are also holding Christine hostage. Christine is the girl whom the boys picked up after defeating the Guidos on the highway. Lex wins them over and he shows more respect for this girl in distress. Meanwhile, Jam chooses to stand up to his egotistical mother and tells her that she sucks at being a parent. He tells her good, she deserved every bit of it! When the four boys reunite, still without tickets, they beat each other up so that they can hopefully get into the arena to see Kiss perform on stage. It all works out and the boys have a rocking' good time.