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The whole point of the movie seemed to be very childlike moralizing with an immature judeo-christian bent. The acting wasn't as terrible as many here are stating, but the whole story was so ridiculously transparent and predictable that it was hard to take seriously. The devil is bad. Don't do drugs. Stay faithful. Don't compromise. Killing is a bad idea even if it will make you money. Good and bad boiled down to eye-roll-worthy simplicity.
There is little maturity difference between this film and a saturday morning cartoon, with characters and situations that are equally two-dimensional. I doubt anyone over the age of 12 would think there was any message in here worth hearing, and anyone under the age of twelve probably shouldn't watch people shooting up and having sex in a bus with a teenager.
They might have done better to drop the moralizing and just make a horror film out of it.
American Satan
2017
Action / Drama / Music / Thriller
Plot summary
A young rock band, half of the members from England and half from the U.S., drops out of college and moves to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams. They live in a van, and their passion and talent exceed their means to survive. An enigmatic stranger sees their true potential and emotionally manipulates them during their time of weakness. Caught in the middle of a Faustian deal, their music and controversial altercations end up influencing society beyond anything this century has seen, but can they take back control of their destiny before it's too late?
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A children's movie with sex and drugs
6.5 Stars From Me
There are a lot of people who are saying they were disappointed with this. Some say it is that the music should've been harder, satan should've come across much more evil or powerful and some have said they weren't pleased with the acting. I think all that is a bit harsh.
I'd seen this for a while and considered watching it but it wasn't until my son wanted me to check it out that I finally did. I thought it was a decent film. One of the reasons that I had not picked it up was that it seemed to be promoting a harder rock than I care for but after watching it I can say that I liked the music. It wasn't nearly as hard as I had expected and I think that worked in the films favor. I can understand why some folks wanted it to be harder but if you don't like music that hard you don't want to listen to all that. I would think that it would be appealing to a larger group using the softer music.
I didn't think the acting was awful. There are drugs, alcohol and physical, mental and spiritual seduction taking place. With all that going on, it rollercoasters in mood, will, psychical state and mentality. Considering the broad range of the characters I thought the actors all did a pretty good job.
Satan, I can agree, didn't seem the master of evil, the great tempter or powerful in the form of an old man. I expected him to be a boss and the only boss thing about him was showing up in a sharp car. He just didn't come across right.
Overall I enjoyed the film. It could've used some tweaking but it wasn't as bad as some reviews are suggesting.
Across the board bad
There is nothing good to say about this film. The script is awful and when you put it together with woeful acting you just have one terrible film.