![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way the audience is treated in graphic detail to the human excesses of sex and drugs for which rock bands have come to be so notoriously known, and the sight is not pretty.ĭuring the day, Chris Cole (Mark Wahlberg) works as a copy machine repairman and lives at home with his parents who are as typical a middle class family as can possibly be. Turn up the volume and lower your expectations, because this new rendition of the standard rags to riches story, in leather and spandex that is, is just not able to hit that high note. Regrettably, this redemptive message gets lost in an ear-splitting haze of second rate rock music, sex, drugs, and alcohol abuse. On a positive note, it is refreshing to see that first Emily, and then Chris, is able to finally recognize the bankruptcy and shallowness of the rock star’s world and decide to give it all up for a simpler lifestyle. ROCK STAR tries too hard to please a broader audience than it should, and in the end winds up being true to none. As they both become more and more immersed into this seductive new world, they find themselves spinning out of control in a dizzying whirlwind of music, sex, drugs, and everything in between. ![]() At first, it is an incredible fantasy for them, but it slowly reveals its seamy and destructive underside. Before they can count to three, Chris and his girlfriend, Emily, played by Jennifer Aniston, find themselves thrust into the glitter and opulent decadence of big time rock and roll. He gets his chance with his favorite band, a heavy metal group called Steel Dragon. ROCK STAR stars Mark Wahlberg as Chris, a talented musician who wants to be a rock and roll star. ![]()
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