Just another one

Rating: 3/10 (4 August 2010)

I don't know much about The Runaways, other than the fact that they were an all girl rock band from the mid 70s. As a person who likes rock music in general, I was drawn towards this film. So now that I got to see it, this is nothing more than a generic rock n roll film.
I don't think you need any further explanation if you've seen a few films of the same type. But if you haven't, here's what the content mainly consists of. Sex. Yep lots of that. Band members doing it with random people and even with each other. And drugs, obviously. They'll smoke (I consider cigs a drug), snort coke, drink even though they're underage, take pills and all that stuff. A very retarded thing is how they managed to smuggle tons of drugs onto a Japanese airline. It's really hard to believe considering that was an international flight.
Another dumb thing about this film is how everything fall conveniently into place. Want a manager? Oh, there he is, on the other side of the street. Don't have any members for your all girl band? Take 2 paces to the left and there's your female drummer. Go to the right corner of the bar and there's your female vocalist. Other members will just appear magically. They get popular in what, 2 days? That's what it felt like anyway. And due to the cliché rock n roll unhealthy lifestyle and the oh-so-mean manager, the band falls apart towards the end.
I don't know how much of this is actually based on truth. As Joan Jett was part of the production, I'd say a good amount. But the crap is just so hard to swallow. With the exception of the central characters the acting is quite stiff. Whatever, the only real redeemable thing about the whole movie was the decent music. Sure it was a bit entertaining, but as a person who is not familiar with the band, I don't have a good impression of them. I wonder when Hollywood will actually make a film that actually discovers the positive side of rock n roll, like the loyal fans, the ideologies and I don't know, the MUSIC perhaps?