All About Rock

Rating: Null/10 (7 September 2001)

Mark Wahlberg didn't want to wear a loincloth in the recent remake of PLANET OF THE APES, but he gets to show off his lean torso a lot in this interesting cross between ALL ABOUT EVE and the Rock world.
The goal is raunchy rock, man, in this satire of show-biz and fame. Wahlberg starts out as a copy machine repairman who copies a rock group called Steel Dragon. He dreams his dream so hard that he not only becomes Steel Dragon in his head but in reality -- or the rock version of reality.
The plot follows a naive young man and woman on the roller-coaster of fame and high times. The boundaries between reality and fantasy blur with alcohol, drugs, and sex. But the strange journey eventually takes the two main characters back to themselves and their own music. Along the way, they must deal with the issue of what is really valuable in life.
This is an interesting character study and a bit of fun too.