Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
是时候也该有个coming of age metal band story了，Representation matters XD 全程嘴角上扬，几个cameo都太可爱了！Anthrax, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica, Judas Priest几个金属大老爷们儿出现在青春片了真的好笑里带着一点感人。而且我觉得Joe Manganiello生活里说不定真的是metal head，已经连着两部青春片里扮金属党了。虽然我已经是两倍年纪了，但是还是觉得很有认同感。It feels so good to be seen 真好啊！
主要本片能唤起很多人曾经的那份热爱，我就找到大学时代的感觉，每天听着各种类型的金属音乐，所有人都受不了，但是我却乐在其中，放肆发泄。片中提到的乐队，闪过的海报，撩动我兴奋神经的旋律，直接让我兴奋到失眠。
我爱爆米花！爆米花爱我！忙完一天真的需要这种爽片来套路一下自己疲惫的身体。长发男主真的好像鲁妮·玛拉我全程出戏。。。
自由的代价是什么好评。有些桥段zzzq的令人恶心。成王败寇，高层早已成筛子，底层那些忠于职守者却成为历史的代价，历史的走向成了一种绝妙的反讽
南非种族平等的路很漫长，就像那三个被追进银行的自由战士，不论初衷如何最后都陷入困境。不伤及无辜是根本不可能的，心中充满爱与平等的美女不管观众觉得多不该死，最终还是会死在枪口下。想改变得越多，代价就越沉重，即便你已做好心理准备，也很难承受。
事实证明就算这种拍过无数遍的题材也能让人看的很舒服
女主出场也是很帅气呀～
生命诚可贵，爱情价更高。若为自由故，二者皆可抛。
这电影其实一般，但作为一个摇滚爱好者，我还是看的很开心，就冲电影的配乐，金属党都应该看一下。里面有一些梗只有听摇滚的人才懂。例如中间几次有人提到他们的乐队像白带乐队，他们脸色都不是太好看，因为白带的女鼓手以技术粗糙著称，经常被批评。还有男女主在吉他中心买谱子，女主拿起那本买套的and justice for all ,乐迷都知道，这是当年乐队前贝斯手cliff出车祸去世，新贝斯jason（就是男二的发型相似的哥们）参与的专辑，乐队成员为了给jason下马威，故意把专辑bass声音调的小到听不见。女主说要买这专的谱子，应该是表示自己在音乐上愿意做一些牺牲。
细节处理比较到位，以小人物姿态发展大事件，影片想要讲的内容很多，有枪战、政治、人生价值，表达的方式竟不让人有违和感。但是司法局长女儿的圣母形象和受不了歧视宁愿变白的妇女的突然醒悟，却又让人觉得过于突兀和不合情理
重振内心建设，🫡致敬金属老炮，致敬心存信仰的少年！
7.1 重金属校园青春片 选角都挺棒的 最棒的就是从头到尾的BGM 让人忍不住打起拍子
披着重金属外衣的美式青春片，我还挺吃着套了
关于自由与信仰的故事，最后悲壮的结尾令人唏嘘，What’s the price of freedom? Everything !，多么沉重的一句对白，感同身受
我们从小就被教育着分辨黑白与是非 成长则是为了看清这个世界从来不是非黑即白
黑人男主格外丑，黑人女主格外贰，还有不知道是黑人都这样还是啥，俩人演技浮夸，土味浓厚。。。有种阿三拍的那种土报子模仿美国大片的感觉
没有贝斯手就招大提琴手，“Skullfxxker”变成“Skullflower”hhh，虽然不是很了解重金属，但是确实是很可爱的青春片！
自由从来不是免费的，自由的代价很昂贵是一切。这两个字已经即将变成敏感词了。
豆瓣的评分是不是太迷信好莱坞了。这不是一部枪站片，在岁月静好的日子看这片子，或者会感到荒谬，可笑，不真实。但历史长河中，总有那些特别坚难的日子，珍惜当下的平静美好吧。 恐怖分子/自由战士？...🙂
南非种族平等的路很漫长，就像那三个被追进银行的自由战士，不论初衷如何最后都陷入困境。不伤及无辜是根本不可能的，心中充满爱与平等的美女不管观众觉得多不该死，最终还是会死在枪口下。想改变得越多，代价就越沉重，即便你已做好心理准备，也很难承受。
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