Sunday 12 September 2010

Suburbia (Penelope Spheeris, 1984)


From the director of The Decline of Western Civilisation. The film starts with a small child being mauled. I can't remember why. Someone throws a bottle at a bus and says 'I hate busses'. All the live performances in the film suck. The characters are punks as antisocial morons and there is some racism and homophobia. None of them are sympathetic and all the parts are badly acted, including an early part by Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers. They burgle from middle class houses and call themself TR, the Totally Rejected. More like Totally Ridiculous. It has a vibe similar to Class of 1984 but with all the enjoyment sucked out. The only exploitation-fun involves a girl being forcefully stripped naked in a mosh pit and the gang turning up at a teen suicides parents house with her dead body and then having a fight with her family at the funeral.
Go watch Jubilee, Made in England or Smithereens instead. Even Rock N Roll High School would be a more mature choice.
0/5

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