Obsessively-reiterated Farfisa runs, cheesy vocal fx, and a sense of besotted irresponsibility that brings to mind the proto-neo-retroistics of Fleshtones.
Everything is seamlessly edited together with plenty of jump cuts. KMFDM fans will still be fans, although Blackman enthusiasts will have to look elsewhere.
A friend said they reminded her of Rage Against the Machine, but I think that was only because of their energy, more like some of Fishbone’s harder stuff.
I’ve never see a band keep a crowd going for so long, has so much energy, and is still so damn tight. They played most of their ska stuff towards the end.
Writer/director James Mangold obviously didn’t want to take any chances, so not only is Stallone’s Freddy Heflin, the sheriff of a small New Jersey town populated by crooked New York cops, a badge-wearing slug, but he’s also deaf in one ear.