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Detroit Rock City (1999)

★ 6.8 · 450 ratings on TMDB

Kiss the rules goodbye.

Detroit Rock City poster★ 6.8

In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!

DirectorAdam Rifkin
CastEdward Furlong, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Kristin Booth, Lin Shaye
GenresAdventure, Comedy, Music
The emergence reading

Detroit Rock City keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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