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How entertaining? ★★★☆☆
Thought provoking? ★☆☆☆☆ 25 March 2012
This a movie review of THE DOOM GENERATION. |
“Look, you f*cking chunky pumpkinhead! I don't know what the f*ck you're talking about!” Amy Blue (Rose McGowan)
“You told me you loved me... You told me you'd never leave me...” Carnoburger Cashier (Nicky Katt)
“What is this, Night of the Living Brain-dead? Wake up and smell the cappucino, geek. I don't know you, I've never f*cking seen you before, I don't know who the f*ck this 'Sunshine' is!” Amy
A precursor in several ways to director Gregg Araki’s wonderful recent offering, KABOOM. They are both playful and share a bed-hopping frankness, with striking leads. THE DOOM GENERATION is not as satisfying because its ending is extremely messed up (and doesn’t sit quite right with the rest of the movie), and Rose McGowan’s Amy is not particularly winsome. Her dialogue is a bit too forcedly profane, with choice barbed putdowns like, “That guys has the intelligence of a stool sample” or the occasional doozy, “You're incredible. You're not even human, are you? You're like a life-support system for a c*ck!”
“You told me you loved me... You told me you'd never leave me...” Carnoburger Cashier (Nicky Katt)
“What is this, Night of the Living Brain-dead? Wake up and smell the cappucino, geek. I don't know you, I've never f*cking seen you before, I don't know who the f*ck this 'Sunshine' is!” Amy
A precursor in several ways to director Gregg Araki’s wonderful recent offering, KABOOM. They are both playful and share a bed-hopping frankness, with striking leads. THE DOOM GENERATION is not as satisfying because its ending is extremely messed up (and doesn’t sit quite right with the rest of the movie), and Rose McGowan’s Amy is not particularly winsome. Her dialogue is a bit too forcedly profane, with choice barbed putdowns like, “That guys has the intelligence of a stool sample” or the occasional doozy, “You're incredible. You're not even human, are you? You're like a life-support system for a c*ck!”
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Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy are going out. Outside a club, a car-set post-coital misadventure is interrupted by Xavier Red (Johnathon Schaech) being beaten up by a gang. The latter convinces them to rescue him by driving away tout de sweet; and he never leaves them, in return saving Amy’s life several times. Carnage is left in their wake. The blood and gore is over the top and funny (except for the denouement, which is very disturbing). There is an enjoyable rapport between the three leads. Araki knows how to cast.
THE DOOM GENERATION is a surreal road trip, as if the action takes place in an alternate reality. The production design is loopy, especially the motel rooms they stay in. At only about 76 minutes, and breezily paced, the conclusion comes quickly. Mostly pretty forgettable, but has anarchic entertainment value.
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