A group of friends in a small town in Finland has a metal band that has been playing nothing but covers for 15 years. One day they decide to write their own song and come up with a song that's pretty great. They run into the promoter of a Norwegian metal festival and give him their demo tape.
For reasons unknown the singer makes up the story that the promoter invited them to play at his festival. From being treated like a bunch of losers they become the town's heroes.
When they're supposed to play in front the the town folk it turns into a disaster and they end up admitting that they won't play in Norway. Still, the friends decide to travel to Norway and play in the parking lot if necessary.
In the end they make it to the festival and their determination gives them a spot on stage.
Heavy Trip is a fairly good-natured, low-key, light comedy about kids living routine lives and who for a moment get to pursue their dream of making it big in metal. There's something here especially for folks who are into extreme metal: coming up with a band name, developing a logo, producing promo shots with no budget, finding transportation, a casket crowdsurfing and more. Then there's your usual romance story involving the lovely Minka Kuustonen. There's some unlikely scenarios which are funny nonetheless like the whole border terrorism skit.
Missing though is the music...in a movie centered around metal music. There's the one song the kids come up with, which is fantastic. There are some low-volume songs in between scenes. But for the most part extreme metal is mostly absent in this movie no doubt as to not offend the audience. But that way the production only manages to alienate the crowd who is most likely to see this movie to being with: metalheads.
This movie then is ok for what it is, but it could have been more.
For reasons unknown the singer makes up the story that the promoter invited them to play at his festival. From being treated like a bunch of losers they become the town's heroes.
When they're supposed to play in front the the town folk it turns into a disaster and they end up admitting that they won't play in Norway. Still, the friends decide to travel to Norway and play in the parking lot if necessary.
In the end they make it to the festival and their determination gives them a spot on stage.
Heavy Trip is a fairly good-natured, low-key, light comedy about kids living routine lives and who for a moment get to pursue their dream of making it big in metal. There's something here especially for folks who are into extreme metal: coming up with a band name, developing a logo, producing promo shots with no budget, finding transportation, a casket crowdsurfing and more. Then there's your usual romance story involving the lovely Minka Kuustonen. There's some unlikely scenarios which are funny nonetheless like the whole border terrorism skit.
Missing though is the music...in a movie centered around metal music. There's the one song the kids come up with, which is fantastic. There are some low-volume songs in between scenes. But for the most part extreme metal is mostly absent in this movie no doubt as to not offend the audience. But that way the production only manages to alienate the crowd who is most likely to see this movie to being with: metalheads.
This movie then is ok for what it is, but it could have been more.