Sleazy
detective Jimmy Dillinger (Wade Nichols) is paid to track down a teenage
runaway. After finding her (and banging
her), she is kidnapped, and Dillinger must slum his way through the seedy
underbelly of New York punk rock clubs to get her back. Along the way, the people he comes into
contact with wind up getting murdered, which makes him the prime suspect.
Directed
by Carter (Wicked Schoolgirls) Stevens, Punk Rock suffers from way too much
plot and not enough sex. What sex scenes
we do get are short, unsexy, and pretty lousy overall. Two years later, Carter took what was already
a plot-heavy movie, cut out the porn, added new footage (more plot stuff),
and released it as a “legitimate” feature.
It already sucks with the explicit footage. I can’t imagine how bad it would be with MORE
boring scenes of people talking. (The
twist ending is a genuine surprise, although I can’t exactly guarantee you’ll
make it that far.)
If
you were expecting to hear some good music, you’re going to be severely
disappointed. Even as an old school punk
rock fan, I have to admit the music is pretty crappy. (Apparently, Debbie Harry used to be in one of
the bands before she was in Blondie.) As
it stands, Punk Rock is just another example of a filmmaker trying to
capitalize on a fad without having the foggiest idea as to what makes the fad popular.
Speaking
of music, there was one track that is good for a chuckle. Remember in Stevens’ Wicked Schoolgirls where
he memorably stole Chuck Berry songs for some of the sex scenes? Here, he swipes the theme from The People’s
Court!
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