Metal Lords (2022)
Directed by Peter Sollett
For teenage misfits Hunter and Kevin, the path to glory is clear: Devote themselves to metal. Win Battle of the Bands. And be worshipped like gods.
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Any movie that ostensibly pays tribute to this has got to do better than a screenplay that amounts to little beyond a series of predictable teen picture cliches, with a touch of a "High Fidelity" rip-off, a pinch of "School of Rock" and some completely inconsistent character development thrown in.
This sort of feel-good/formulaic progress narrative already seemed quaint by the time that “Wayne’s World” director Penelope Spheeris revived the He-Man Woman Hater’s Club for her Amblin-produced “Little Rascals” revival.
The film’s heavy metal angle is somewhat novel—but it certainly owes a lot to Wayne’s World, Airheads and, of course, School of Rock.
When it comes to teen comedies doing this right, I think of things like Superbad , Booksmart , or The Edge of Seventeen —to name just a few recent titles that have played with the expected themes, rhythms, and beats of the genre to say something both emotionally true, and funny.
Their romance is Netflix-cute, in a To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before kind of way, but the undercooked characterization of Emily gives short shrift to female metalheads, most of whom didn’t need to fall for a boy to understand the power of Judas Priest.