Starring: Rob Stefaniuk, Jessica Paré, Paul Anthony, Mike Lobel, Chris Ratz, Alice Cooper, Moby, Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop & Malcolm McDowell
Directed By Rob Stefaniuk
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323605/
Indifference can be a total bitch. I've often said this about a lot of things, but none more than movies. I really hate getting pumped up over a preview, and then feel so so about the actual movie once i saw it. Suck is a perfect example of that. I really thought this movie would have more balls to it considering the cast, but not so. Maybe if there were a second chance at this, or maybe a re-imagining in say, 3 years, then it would be worth owning.
Not to say that Suck wasn't funny ( which it was in spots ) or that the makeup was decent ( which it was ) or hell, even the fact that some of the influential heads of Rock/Punk made decent appearances, it was just the story that kind of left me flat. We've seen this format with Queen Of The Damned and Jennifer's Body, and by no means is Suck anything to put in a top 10 list, but at least it tried to be different in a familiar setting.
The story is pretty simple. A band at the end of their rope is willing to do anything to be famous, even if it means becoming Vampires. That's where the Jennifer's Body Reff. comes in a bit. Though, in JB the band sacrificed Jennifer in attempt to be famous. It also didn't help that central protagonist of Suck was named Jennifer either. But I will give this Jennifer ( Jessica Paré ) the nod to better acting and selling the woes of being a Vampire in Goth band, better than Megan Fox did with Her possessed Jennifer.
I will say that the Cameos made this movie a little more watchable. Moby as a rock frontman named Beef was funny in itself considering how Moby is. The rest of the cast wasn't bad either, but at times this movie just lost steam and failed to deliver a better product. Oh well, at least it's a vampire film without anybody sparkling around a Forrest.
-Mr. What?-
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