Review of Rude Boy

Rude Boy (1980)
5/10
I Love the Clash, but...
24 April 2004
I followed the Clash from 1979 and was quite curious to see this movie. I admit the Clash concert and recording sequences were great (even though it seems like White Riot was always in the live performances.) The dialog was very hard to hear or understand for that matter and Mick Jones was trying his best to play the tough guy. I don't even know what the storyline was, but it seems like all these Clash songs were linked together and a movie worked around them. All that aside, the best part of the film was Joe Strummer at the piano (what a gem in the middle of this muddle!). This would have worked better if it was a bootleg Clash concert movie since the band's energy was captured pretty well with this movie's grainy texture. Rent it, but don't buy this unless you want to remember what we dressed like in the late 70's early 80's.
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