Bust on through to the other side. Sex, drugs and Rock 'n' Roll!

Rating: 7/10 (21 June 2002)

Dynamic and explosive story of a L.A. band trying to deal with discovery, fame and dealing with its moody lead singer, who has his own demons to fight. Oliver Stone directs this ode to The Doors. Some of the scenes are almost duplicates of actual events. And on the other hand you also deal with many inaccuracies. It is quite apparent that this movie is based on the myth of Jim Morrison and The Doors and does not get too much farther from that. At times it seems that the other members of the band are only sidemen to the moody, energetic, blatantly sexual front man. Not since Kurt Russell gave us the excellent portrayal of Elvis Presley in ELVIS(79)have we had a powerful performance like Val Kilmer as Morrison. Kilmer even does some of the vocals himself. Fans of The Doors no doubt will knit-pick this film to death and love it at the same time. It is well worth watching several times. Besides the flawless Kilmer, also in the cast are: Kathleen Quinlan, Michael Madsen, Kyle MacLachlan, Meg Ryan, Kevin Dillon and Billy Idol. Love it two times and two times more.