Rock Of Ages is a great musical that's fun and gleefully ridiculous with an incredible cast who give good performances, especially Tom Cruise who is easily the standout. The great songs and solid pacing help make up for the predictable plot.
Rock of Ages
2012
Action / Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Rock of Ages
2012
Action / Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Keywords: musical1980shollywoodrock staryoung love
Plot summary
1987. Naive Sherrie Christian has just arrived in Hollywood from Tulsa looking to become a rock star. She is just like Drew Boley was when he first arrived in Hollywood, he, now the Hollywood veteran, who works as a bar back at the Bourbon Club, known as the center of the rock scene in town and the place where many of the biggest acts in rock got their big break. The two meet as Drew helps Sherrie with a situation when she first arrives in town. Despite Dennis Dupree, the Bourbon's owner/manager, not liking to hire people like Drew or Sherrie - someone who has musical aspirations - as service staff, Drew is able to convince Dennis and his assistant Lonny to hire Sherrie as a server, Drew and Sherrie who have a blossoming mutual attraction. Dennis and Lonny, who are having financial difficulties, are able to convince rock star Stacee Jaxx, the perpetually stoned front man for the band Arsenal who got his first break performing at the Bourbon, to perform for free at a benefit concert at the club. Rumors are that Stacee is leaving Arsenal after their next gig to go solo, Rolling Stones reporter Constance Sack who wants to get the true story as to the reason. Another problem for the Bourbon is that Mayor Mike Whitmore is taking a tough stance on what he sees as bad societal influences like rock music. His Christian fundamentalist wife Patricia Whitmore is leading the on the ground campaign in this area, she who is determined to shut down the Bourbon. But Patricia is hiding a secret from her past as to the reason for her extreme fervor in getting rid of the Bourbon. As Drew and Sherrie's romance blossoms, other romances around them blossom as well. But their romance and their musical aspirations are threatened by trying to stay true to their musical visions, changing musical tastes, and by Stacee himself.
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Great musical
80s karaoke, bland story
It's 1987 Los Angeles and we're introduced to the rock club where stars are born. Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough) is fresh off the bus from small town USA. Drew Boley (Diego Boneta) is the nice guy working at the club. Stacee Jaxx (Tom Cruise) is the rock God of the club.
This is basically a 2 hour non-stop karaoke session of 80s rock song. The story is filled with bland clinches. It lacks any surprises or tension. Everybody put a lot of effort into this. They tell us all the time as they ham it up every second.
The rock opera
This Rock Musical is an adaptation of the popular stage show set in the late 1980s. This gives it an excuse to show 80s fashion and feature 80s rock hits all mixed up with a cheesy Boy meets Girl love story.
The love story is predictable, in fact even the side stories are predictable but the cast give it gusto from Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta Jones to Alec Baldwin.
Cruise plays an Axl Rose/Bret Michaels type rock star in a glorified cameo. His singing one suspects had Auto-tuning involved.
However it is the songs that sells this film, ranging from 'We built this City' to 'Don't stop Believing.'
The film is a cheesefest but it is an enjoyable one. It might not rival Grease but a lot of thought has been put into bringing this to the screen.