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The Doom Generation (1995)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:14
Rotten:14
Average Rating:5/10
Runtime: 83 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Three aimless teenagers -- pampered, amoral Amy Blue, her naive boyfriend Jordan White, and hot-headed, mysterious hunk Xavier Red -- embark on a road trip after Xavier kills a store clerk. During... Three aimless teenagers -- pampered, amoral Amy Blue, her naive boyfriend Jordan White, and hot-headed, mysterious hunk Xavier Red -- embark on a road trip after Xavier kills a store clerk. During their trek, the teens engage in outrageous, remorseless violent acts, and explore their sexuality. But as their journey progresses, it grows darker and increasingly nihilistic... finally climaxing in a moment of shock and horror. [More]
Starring: Johnathon Schaech, Rose McGowan, James Duval, Margaret Cho
Starring: Johnathon Schaech, Rose McGowan, James Duval, Margaret Cho, Christopher Knight, Lauren Tewes, Heidi Fleiss, Amanda Bearse, Parker Posey
Director: Gregg Araki
Director: Gregg Araki
Reviews for The Doom Generation
As a stylish black comedy, it is impressively uncompromising and should be applauded.
Hands-down one of the most horrid examples of filmmaking I've seen in ages.
After seeing all the mayhem and watching how retarded and alienated the teens acted, the film felt as healthy as a combined diet of junk food and crystal meth (speed).
Amy's a screaming, speed-addled banshee, and not the sort of chick you'd want to run into late at night (or spend 85 minutes with in a darkened theater).
Potentially clever, but ultimately the raw violence isn't creative and therefore is offensive.
An arty atrocity for thugs and sub-literates that makes Natural Born Killers look like The Sound of Music.
Plays like a low-budget Natural Born Killers -- and that is not intended as a compliment.
It's young, it's hip, it's excruciating for anyone who has already survived adolescence.
A senseless comic exercise in pushing the limits of decency for that sake alone.
Self-consciously strives for transgressive nihilism without ever recognizing the sheer absurdity of its every component.
This is the kind of movie where the filmmaker hopes to shock you with sickening carnage and violent amorality, while at the same time holding himself carefully aloof from it with his style.
A note to Gregg: grow up. Really. Move out of your parent's basement, read something other than Salinger, and get a day job.
Plenty of films have dealt with teen isolation and many more will pile on the shocks, but few have a script this hilarious or a visual sensibility this developed.
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