Wayne’s World meets Dog Day Afternoon when Los Angeles rock band The Lone Rangers hold the employees of a radio station hostage.
The Lone Rangers – Singer and guitarist Chazz (Brendan Fraser), bassist Rex (Steve Buscemi), and drummer Pip (Adam Sandler) – are not a bad band, if metal is your cup of tea (or ‘Power-Slop’ as they call it themselves), but they just can’t seem to get their demo played.
Every time Chazz heads to a record company to drop off the demo, he’s roughed up by security guards and thrown into the street.
One day, the three Lone Rangers come up with an idea: why don’t they head over to the local rock station – KPPX 103.3 (Rebel Radio) – and give their favourite DJ, a veteran rock jock called Ian (Joe Mantegna), the demo to play over the air.
Never mind that the station has more electronic security than Fort Knox, or that Ian, in reality, is a burned-out grump who despises the music he plays and the people who listen to it.
When they get to the station, the three are accosted by the station’s program manager, Milo Jackson (Michael McKean), and Rex pulls a toy Uzi out of his bag (It’s actually a realistic-looking water pistol filled with hot sauce). The Lone Rangers instantly find themselves holding hostages. From there, things get completely out of hand.
Meanwhile, the station’s accountant, Doug Beech (Michael Richards, Seinfeld‘s Kramer), has slipped away and spends the movie crawling through the air ducts communicating via cellular phone with a SWAT team commander (Allen Covert) who wants to invade the building while Sgt. O’Malley (Ernie Hudson) tries to keep things calm.
Things go from bad to worse when it is discovered that Milo has secret plans to change the format of KPPX from rock to easy listening.
It’s typical early ’90s comedy fluff.
The Lone Rangers’ hit Degenerated was actually performed by hard-luck punk legends Reagan Youth.
Chazz
Brendan Fraser Rex
Steve Buscemi Pip
Adam Sandler Wilson
Chris Farley Milo Jackson
Michael McKean Jimmie Wing
Judd Nelson Sgt O’Malley
Ernie Hudson Kayla
Amy Locane Suzzi
Nina Siemaszko Carl Mace
Marshall Bell Marcus
Reg E. Cathey Carter
David Arquette Doug Beech
Michael Richards Ian
Joe Mantegna Yvonne
Michelle Hurst S.W.A.T cop
Allen Covert Chris Moore
Harold Ramis
Director
Michael Lehmann
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Every time Chazz heads to a record company to drop off the demo, he’s roughed up by security guards and thrown into the street.
