Bill Quantreaux (Trenton Rostedt) has been dreaming the dream of being
a rockstar for a bit too long now, and while he's got the lifestyle (you
know, partying, booze and drugs) down to the t, he is anything but a
signed artist, still plays the same venues he has for the past 10 years,
and is slowly losing his voice. It's come to a point where his bandmates
throw him out of his own band, and his stripper girlfriend Dallas
(Danielle Vasinova), who's earning the keep for the both of them, wants to
throw him out of their apartment, too ... but during a row with her, he
happens to kill Dallas, and while it was a total accident that breaks his
heart, it looks like murder so he can't call the cops. It couldn't come
any worse ... and it doesn't, as soon enough he receives a phonecall from
a powerful record company A & R who wants to see Bill and his band in
concert, and as fate would have it, Bill has only recently met a miracle
doctor (Timoth V. Murphy) who promises to restore Bill's voice - as long
as he signs a certain contract Bill doesn't even read. With these news,
Bill muscles himself back into his band, and after the first rehearsal,
with Bill sounding his old great self again, everybody is happy he did.
Now nothing can go wrong anymore, now can it? Well, of course, there's
still dead Dallas in his bathtub, there's the building manager (Vick
Wright) Bill accidently kills when he finds Dallas, there's the nosey
neighbour (Ronnie Gine Blevins) who promises to get rid of the bodies if
only he's instated as the new building manager with Bill's help who
manages to mess up things worse then they were, and then there's the fact
that Dallas comes back to life once again, at least in Bill's head. So
with this all-important gig coming up, how to cut through all that shit? Walking
on a tightrope between straight horror and dark comedy, with elements of
the stoner genre and music biz anecdotes thrown in just for good measure, To
Hell with a Bullet comes across as a pretty lively film full of
unexpected plottwists, shifts between genres, and general surprises, all
carried by a laid back directorial effort giving the movie's story room to
breath, an interesting loveable-loser style lead surrounded by some
equally likeable, eccentric supporting characters, all competently brought
to life. And one has to admit, even if one isn't fan of the hard'n'heavy
musical style the film's centered around (and actually I'm not
necessarily), the music really sounds authentic hit material, made by
people who understand their craft. In all, a totally entertaining movie,
really!
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