The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

1988

Action / Documentary / Music

8
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 76% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 4781 4.8K

punk rock heavy metal anarchist social commentary anthropology anti social

Director

Penelope Spheeris Photo
Penelope Spheeris

Top cast

Gene Simmons Photo
Gene Simmons as Self - Kiss Bassist
Ozzy Osbourne Photo
Ozzy Osbourne as Self
Alice Cooper Photo
Alice Cooper as Self
Bret Michaels Photo
Bret Michaels as Self - Poison Vocalist
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857.4 MB
1280*718
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 3
1.72 GB
1920*1078
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
Seeds 17

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Michael_Elliott

Great

Decline of Western Civilization Part 2, The (1988) **** (out of 4) I had seen the Aerosmith and Alice Cooper clips of this documentary via a bootleg but never got around to watching the film until IFC showed it the other night and I'm certainly disappointed that I waited so long because Penelope Spheeris' film is one of the best out there of its type and ranks highly among the best documentaries to be made about rock 'n roll. Members of Aerosmith, Kiss, Poison, Alice Cooper himself, Ozzy and various no-name bands are interviewed. The legends interviewed here give the same old stories, which are still interesting but the great thing comes from all the interviews with those broke souls trying to make a name for themselves. Spheeris asks all the right questions from what happens if they don't make it and even asks some groupies if they're worried about AIDS. The film goes into great detail about various subjects and there's such a wide range of musicians that the film never gets boring. I'd love to see an update on the people involved here and see what their feelings are since none of them (to my knowledge) became famous. Also, in case anyone is interesting, during the Alice Cooper interview he's asked about people ripping him off and he mentions he'd like to hang one group but they bleed out the group. That group mentioned is W.A.S.P.
Reviewed by nickenchuggets 8 / 10

"If your parents don't like it, it's good"

Reviewed by Mykii Suicide PBF

YAY THE BEST ROCK & ROLL MOVIE EVER!!!!!

I LOVE THIS MOVIE SOOO MUCH IT HURTSIt's brilliantthe best bits are chris holmes from W.A.S.P. drinking himself to an early grave in a swimming pool while his mother watches and frowns every time he says the "F" word, Odin being laughably awful and claiming they'll be bigger than the Stones and Zeppelin ("What if you don't make it?" "Oh but we will!" "Yeah but what if you don't?" "Oh, but we will though, see!?!")ha haIt has interviews with Aerosmith, Poison, Lemmy, Ozzy Osbourne (before he went all new-metal and put together the Ozzfest (grrr), Faster Pussycat, Riki Rachtman, Janet Gardner (before Vixen got big) & Megadeth and Live stuff from FASTER PUSSYCAT !!!this film is totally amazingIt's just a shame it's really hard to find in the UK!100000000000000000000r out of 10
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