Reviews

Yes, this was an effective, well-acted and visually stimulating art-house movie - the forgotten masterpiece of Francis Ford Coppola. I just recently watched this again and fell in love with it. I was a big fan of S.E. Hinton's writings growing up and this film did it justice. It's interesting that author S.E. Hinton claims that the script to this movie was written "on one of the first personal computers" in less than two weeks. How technology has changed nowadays with Final Draft. Matt Dillon gives his best performance as Rusty James, a 1950s street punk whose alcoholic father has all but walked out on him, and whose older brother (an enigmatic figure known only as The Motorcycle Boy) has left and moved to California some time ago. Dig this one up again. It's a classic.

George Katt's performance was amazing in this. He most definitely is on the track to being the next Marlon Brando! I've heard it before on some reviews and scoffed at it until I ordered this movie and was proved wrong. He was superb! The film itself is what it is, but Katt shines throughout. He deserves to be up there with the A-listers. They need more talent like this young man up there in the studio system. He brings something new to the table and it is very unique. I think that shakes people up a bit. This might upset other Brando wannabes a little bit? Every young actor wants to be or imitate Marlon Brando but the thing about George Katt is I say he's the next Brando in his own way. It's a very naturalistic and realistic take he has on the character. You can tell he is really into his role. Katt paves the way for a much-needed style we haven't seen since the young Brando era. Almost like when Nirvana came onto the scene and squashed those hair metal bands and introduced us to grunge. Katt is the Kurt Cobain for young actors! I'm sure we'll see a lot of him after this great performance. I personally would like to see him shirtless again as well! Very cute and full of talent.