Prey for Rock & Roll

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2005 Filmcritic.com

In Gina Gershon's labor of love, the general worldview is worse than any other film short of A Clockwork Orange. This pathetic tale of a terrible all-girl (and 75% lesbian) band called, ahem, Clam Dandy, gives us Gershon as frontwoman and day-job tattoo artist, still trying to get her band to the Big Show some 20 years past its prime. But the story (what there is of it) is just a backdrop for some world-class bad tidings: Prey for Rock & Roll (oh, it's a pun!) tells us that getting raped, being addicted to drugs, getting beat up, and even getting run over and killed are all worth it -- if it makes your music even more angry (and thus, good). The only thing worse than the plot itself are the music (good lord) and Gershon's horrid melange of tattoos. Sad.

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Rating

1.5 out of 5 Stars

Cast and Crew

  • Director: Alex Steyermark
  • Producer: Gina Gershon, Donovan Mannato, Gina Resnick
  • Screenwriter: Cheri Lovedog, Robin Whitehouse
  • Stars: Gina Gershon, Drea de Matteo, Lori Petty, Shelly Cole, Marc Blucas
  • MPAA Rating: R