[FILM]
RED ROCKET
18 FEB- 11 MAR
BIG SCREEN. SMALL SCREEN. YOUR REVIEWS BIBLE STARTS HERE
★★★★★ EXCELLENT
★★★★ GOOD
★★★ OKAY
★★ POOR
★ AWFUL
[ EDITED BY JOHN NUGENT]
★★★★★
OUT 11 MARCH CERT TBC / 130 MINS
DIRECTOR Sean Baker
CAST Simon Rex, Suzanna Son, Bree Elrod
PLOT Down and out, middle-aged porn actor Mikey Saber (Rex) has fled Los Angeles, battered and bruised, with 22 bucks to his name. Back in his hometown of Texas City he meets 17-year-old doughnut shop-worker Strawberry (Son), and begins to think of a way to rebuild his status and claw back his stardom.
SIMON REX’S MIKEY Saber is a twitchy creature, head held high, as if he’s rising above his own shit. He’s always craning around, always on the lookout. He moves like a meercat and thinks like a snake, forever scheming. If he ever had an attention span, it’s long gone, along with his dignity and self-awareness. “Before long, it’ll be like we’re still married,” he says to ex-partner Lexi (Bree Elrod), who is very reluctantly allowing him to crash on her couch. “We are still married,” she glares. “Ooh, there’s a dragonfly!” he responds, staring out the window, instinctively ignoring her because her information is not what he’s looking for.