Row M Seat 30 # 1 'Thunderstruck' rated M 105 Minutes

Not sure whether it was a fondness for AC/DC music, my own awkward transition from adolescent to young adult, or this 'rights of passage', rock and roll, road movie and its main characters which did the trick, but I really liked 'Thunderstruck'. The humour not unlike that of 'The Dish' or characterisations as deep as 'Muriels Wedding'.
The story follows the fortunes of a group of young lads [Sonny, Ben, Lloyd, Sam and Ronnie] from AC/DCs 'Thunderstruck' Tour in Sydney in 1991 to twelve years later after they have inevitably gone their separate ways but reunite [if reluctantly] to fulfill a promise that if one of them died the others would ensure a burial next to Bon Scott in Freemantle cemetery.
Ron is separated from Molly after masterminding her pop career and a series of successful advertising jingles. He is struck by lightning on the golf course and this sets of the road trip across the country which attracts the attention of national media, AC/DCs fan club and several characters who get 'burned' along the way.
Terrific cameos from John Doyle as an 'Outback Service Station Owner' and George Kapiniaris [*] as the Mr Koyths, 'Food For Less' Supermarket Manager.
The heartwarming and moving story of these lads and their now defunct 'garage band' is made all the more real by the fact they had real potential, each is well portrayed and quite different. Its an aussie yarn with catchy sub-plots.
Its the kind of movie that's an acquired taste, is laced with the F* word and is appropriately rated 'M' and suited to a mature audience of young people who enjoy a good laugh and don't take their comedy films too seriously. Again, perhaps I found the story moving for my own reasons!
Themes: growing up, blokes and their self esteem and ambitions, transition, hope

http://www.thunderstruckthemovie.com/