The Ultimate 80s Summer Classic as told in 2012

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2012)

Oh the joy in the realization that a lifelong search for meaning and inspiration has come to fruition! This is the one we refugees of the decade of excess have been been drooling for. Now we shall finally feast like a Flock Of Seagulls on the succulent parking lot banquet that first time director Scott W. Tillman has strewn about for us. Jesse Eisenberg stars as Mike, a lovelorn young 911 dispatcher, whittling his life away night after night in chaotic isolation, until one call changes his life forever. The alluring voice of a young female caller slinks across the line to deliver a desperate plea and Eisenberg's character listens in horror as she describes her plight; hundreds of attractive coeds are gathered for the last big bash of the 80s and there is nobody old enough to buy alcohol! Realizing this may be his last chance of the decade for love, Mike vows to obtain the booze, Emergency calls be damned! However, the quest will not be easy. To procure the much needed booze, Mike must track down the legendary Prometheus, a 35 year old roofer willing to buy alcohol for even the most irresponsible and easily influenced of teenagers, for a small price of course. If this task wasn't difficult enough, larger problems arise in the early goings of the journey. Getting wind of his mission and furious about his abandoning his post, Mike's supervisor Russel, portrayed stunningly by Willem Defoe, launches a crusade for vengeance involving a sinister group of conspirators with possible Nazi ties. If Mike is to succeed in his charge, he's going to need all the help he can get from a colorful ensemble of characters who roam the campy 80s wasteland of this wild booze soaked tale. Highly recommended!