We Will Rock You (2011)

That was an excellent one.

Simply Perfect

Great Film overall

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Original language: English Distributor: Atlantic Released: 17 September 2013 Reviewed by:Jann Kalf Larsen Belvis Bash (Lex Lvovsky) is a rock musician who dresses like Johnny Cash and performs with Elvis Presley's music. But his career is not running exactly on track. So when Gen. Hickory (Mark Metcalf) from the U.S. military offers Belvis to take to Afghanistan to play his music, he strikes. Good enough salary is nothing to boast of, but he expects to be able to perform for the U.S. troops in the country and thus boost his career. In Afghanistan must Belvis, however, note that he instead should be a small part of a larger, American cultural events in the war-torn country. The idea is that Americans with music, theater and humor to win the local Afghans hearts .journey to Afghanistan does have a windfall gain . For he meets namely childhood in May Summer (Noel Britton), which helps major Hickory to stack the shows on the legs. The two resumes fast friendship from school years.Belvis learn to turn quickly to the cultural effort not far successful or accepted, among the Afghan population. On the contrary, the performances seem to have the opposite effect.Disapproval of the ensemble due in no small stand-up comedian Samuel Stilman (Corey Feldman). Stilman seems neither to own situational awareness or respect for others, and uses his performances to offend the Afghans and their religion at the coarsest. Some Afghan extremists quickly get enough of Stilman and kidnaps him. As Stilman at the time, along with Belvis and May, they also abducted . Instead of executing the Americans, they are held as hostages , while the kidnappers are trying to get ransom to finance a continuing struggle against the imperialists. It succeeds, however, the odd trio to escape. trio flees on camel and donkey in the desert - with the Afghan fanatics in heels.But during the escape must Belvis true that there has been a deeper meaning with Style Mans madness ... There is absolutely nothing politically correct about Zero Dark Dirty . Far from it, which is very unusual for an American film. There is racism and religionsfornærmelser in a steady stream of large parts of the film.But when you just come over almost automatically cringe, you will see that it is not such a bad thing. ForZero Dark Dirty sheep namely facing serious issues such as xenophobia , prejudice and religious fanaticism by exhibiting it at the very worst way. The American self-importance gets himself a tremendous blow. First half of the film represents not really too good as Zero Dark Dirty here most of all seems like a poor excuse to fire a strip plate and condescending jokes of. Tilgengæld liven things up tremendously in the last half. It is as if the team behind decides to go " all in ". Not only discover suddenly that there is indeed a story , but also that it is a reasonably good story. You have also seen the actors unfold and give themselves fully . And it leaves a good impression. Particularly Corey Feldman in the role of the mildly infuriating Samuel Stilman that has a hidden agenda , is very convincing. But Mark Metcalf in the role of Major makes a good figure.Zero Dark Dirty holds in many ways it all.There is love and war . Faith and betrayal.fanaticism and apathy . And then dry the film take a step back and look inward, which definitely pulls up in my report. film is by no means what it purports . Although it is a comedy, there are plenty of earnest and deep thoughts entangled in humor. It is a difficult balancing act , but apart from a long, hard start, succeed actually really good.And it's more than liberating to Zero Dark Dirty going very far, never to be politically correct .

Belvis Bash, a sort of failed Johnny Cash/Elvis type as the name implies has an opportunity to make a difference. To go on a trip to... Afghanistan. If he could just figure out what fourteen hundred hours meant, everything would be looking good. The film really takes a turn when he arrives, and we see worlds clash. It is here that Lex Lovovsky as Bash first shows us that we will sympathize with him as much as we will laugh. He plays the genuine innocence that makes a fish out of water story like this work. The film is every much a coming of age story for the 40ish Bash, as it is a black commentary on the military and our current state of affairs. Recognizeable faces like Corey Feldman, The Iron Shiek and Daniel Baldwin make this fun on another level as well, and the former particularly nails his role as a comedian who's the only one to dig his jokes. Mark Metcalf is also notable as the scene stealing military chief who supervises Bash's mission. Also Noel Britton who is refreshingly charming on screen as Bash's long time friend. You'll love the most awkward production of not quite Les Miserables, the touching moments (largely from Britton), and the journey Bash and his misfits go on (which may or may not involve camels).

With a title like it has you might think you know exactly what you're getting into, but I was surprised at what I ended up seeing. Far from a simple spoof, it actually takes (somewhat) seriously the issues of terrorism and foreign occupation. What sets it apart, though, is that it does this while maintaining a level of near-pure goofiness. A movie that has a prominent role for the Iron Sheik isn't taking itself too seriously, and with this movie I think the silliness is it's biggest strength. Corey Feldman rules in this one. It's a great role and he steals the show in my opinion. From beginning to end he chews up the screen, and the movie is worth watching for his performance alone. The movie has its issues. Some side stories detract from the main plot and a few gags fall flat. But to me the unique tone, consistent laughs, and Feldman's performance make this one a lot of fun. Recommended.

I'd say in politically correct America, awarding Alexander Loy and Joe Walser's politically incorrect comedy Zero Dark Dirty a positive rating is a very risky move. You run the risk of facing major backlash from all over the spectrum, and had this been a more mainstream movie than it currently is, I would assume the media would smother the film with so much controversy and bad-buzz that they'd potentially scrutinize and unintentionally blacklist the actors involved from future films.I'm here to report that while the film will be found extremely insensitive and offensive to a certain group of people, it is also very funny in the area of light-hearted humor. The film takes many jabs at religious and political notions surrounding the nation of Islam and the Islamic religion, while allowing criticisms towards Christianity and Judaism to be heard as well. The end-result is a film so silly and asinine that to take it seriously and allow yourself to be offended by it would be embarrassing on your part.The story centers on Alexander Loy's musician character "Belvis Bash," a second-rate singer with the vocals and looks of Elvis and the swagger and clothing of Johnny Cash. Belvis spends most of his time playing at smaller dives until he is discovered by Major Emile Hickory (Mark Metcalf), an unabashedly outspoken man who believes he'd be perfect for the job of traveling to Afghanistan with other musicians, comedians, and actors to perform for the Afghanistan people to show that America isn't populated with a large amount of ignorant, close-minded buffoons who are war-crazy.Belvis reconnects with May Summer (Noel Britton), an old friend he knew from long ago who aspired to be a singer and is now performing her talents for people in Afghanistan. The other man he meets is the fearlessly racist and hopelessly incompetent comedian Samuel Stilman (Corey Feldman), who doesn't seem to think before he speaks, resulting in the three talents being kidnapped and taken into custody by a group of Afghanistan radicals.Admittedly, the first forty minutes of the film are a drag. I sat there worried the film, which I had absurdly higher hopes than I should've had for, would quickly evolve into a sea of monotonous jokes and wind up possessing a premise that wasn't fully realized. Then, the film began to realize it was a lawless work of parody, anarchic humor, and politically incorrect silliness, and allowed its actors - particularly, Corey Feldman in one of his most memorable roles in years - a release to play around with the dialog possible in a film like this. Some lines he delivers are innocuous, like when he's riding on a camel through the desert, "This mule needs to go faster!," he yells. Some are more racist and discriminating and not fit for a place in this review.The reason I'm giving Zero Dark Dirty (whose title is an obvious play on Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-nominated Zero Dark Thirty of last year) a positive rating is because it has an unsettling and uneasy premise (especially in today's timid times) that it makes good use of. As mindless as the dialog is (written by co-director Alexander Loy), it provides for some shockingly memorable laughs and hilarity if one chooses to make an attempt not to get offended. This film barely takes itself seriously; the last thing you want to do is take it seriously.Starring: Alexander Loy, Noel Britton, Corey Feldman, and Mark Metcalf. Directed by: Alexander Loy and Joe Walser.