KISS - The Second Coming
Kiss: The Second Comingis a band-sanctioned hagiography  focusing on the profit-minded 1996 tour that found the '70s heavy-metal icons back  in full-bore makeup and costumes for a time-trip back to theirAlive IIheyday.  At 122 minutes,Second Comingis an hour too long for all  but die-hard devotees, and  peaks with its opening recap of the band's early fire-breathing years. After that, it's a quick run-through of good-days-gone-bad  clichés before the long haul of backstage shots and gee-it's-great-to-be-back-on-the-playground testimonials takes over.  Little insight is present, though there is a bit of comic myth-mocking during  a sequence demonstrating the inflation of the stage show's gargantuan inflatable figures ofGene,Paul,Peter, andAce. Three tour performances, including music videos for "Detroit Rock City" and "Shout  It Out Loud," alleviate the boredom.--Rickey Wright