Roadie [Blu-ray] Review
Sinopsis
Meat Loaf (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) stars as Travis Redfish, a beer truck driver turned greatest roadie ever in this rollicking rock ’n’ roll road film. With live performances by Kaki Hunter, Alice Cooper, Blondie, Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Jr., and Asleep At The Wheel, Roadie is a non-stop wild ride on the wild side!
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Alan Rudolph (Mortal Thoughts), who ’keeps the spirits high and the tone good-natured from start to finish’ (The Onion A.V. Club), Roadie makes terrific use of its rock-star-studded cast on its fast-paced and fun-filled journey to its final high-octane encore. Take the ultimate trip with one of the great rock ’n’ roll sagas: now in high definition on bluray!One the strangest musical curiosities of the 1980s, Roadie stars Meat Loaf as a good ol' Texas boy who turns himself into the world's greatest roadie to win the heart of a teen-age groupie (Kaki Hunter). She, however, is obsessed with Alice Cooper, just one of the musical guest stars in this rock & roll road movie farce. Meat Loaf single-handedly saves concerts by Hank Williams Jr. and Roy Orbison (who duet on "The Eyes of Texas") and Blondie (who crank up "Ring of Fire") as well. Directed by Alan Rudolph, from a slapdash story he co-wrote with producer Zalman King (which surely qualifies as one of the most unlikely creative partnerships in film history), this high-energy cinematic jam is a raucous, disjointed goof. But only the comedy is played out of key. The music rocks. --Sean Axmaker
