michellemurmurs6244 With all the trauma Def Leppard has been through it's only right one should make a movie about their career. This is after all the band that is said to be cursed. Of course I don't see what's so unique about their problems other than that they are the only band whose drummer lost his arm. All the other stuff is pretty much standard fare with every other rock and roll band. The film itself holds no surprises or earth shattering revelations. The characters come across as two dimensional. You'd get the same stuff from the biography channel. Don't get me wrong. I have a great appreciation for Def Leppard and their music. To be honest I would much happier watching a Def Leppard music video. Recommended for hardcore fans only.

Ron Broadfoot Being a Def Leppard fan since 1992, I found this movie to be quite entertaining. The actors who play Def Leppard do pretty well, and their accents are decent. The only beef I have is with the Sheffield scenes being shot in Montreal. Montreal makes a rather poor substitute for an English city. The cars and buses don't look English either, especially since the drivers' wheel is on the left side of the car! Having the film shot in Sheffield would have been much more convenient. That aside, Def Leppard fans should enjoy this movie. The actor who plays Joe Elliott has a good singing voice, especially when he sings "Ride Into The Sun" and "Bringing On The Heartbreak".If you live in Toronto, be sure to see them play live at the Molson Amphitheatre on August 15!

Chris Gavez Now, I was never a fan of Def Leppard after Pyromania, but seeing this DVD at my local Blockbuster, I had to rent it to see how the film makers portrayed this band. Knowing the story of this band, since I was a fan of metal from the early 80's, I was truly disappointed with the outcome.The film (thankfully) really focuses on the early days of the band, when they were a straight ahead rock band, before all the commercial nonsense of "Hysteria". The story begins with the band forming and ends before the hysteria of "Hysteria". The film focuses a lot on Rick Allen's tragic car accident that took his left arm, and on the out of control Steve Clarke.First off, this film is much too short. Under 90 minutes?!? With all the tragedy that this band faced, the film should have been much longer. It also should have shown the audience what happened to Steve Clarke, a great guitar player who was battling his demons with alcohol. He deserved much more in this film than a little blurb during the end credits.The actors do a decent job when not performing on stage. Their stage performances are much too wooden. But they did mostly look like the band. It was also great to see Anthony Michael Hall again. Too bad he is now stuck doing TV movies. I always liked him as an actor.Also, the locations where they shot this did not look like England to me, and the view of the band at the height of their career just does not make the audience believe. Can you seriously think that Joe Elliot was driving a Volvo during the height of his career. Little details like this will have the fan of Def Leppard in stitches.This is the first film I have seen that VH1 has done. Living in Canada, we don't get that video channel. Hopefully, if they decide to do future films, they will be much better.If you are a Def Leppard fan, you will definitely want to see this, but may be very disappointed in the lack of attention to detail, and more importantly, the lack of quality.

DiarmuidMallon Having grown up in the steel city (Sheffield) I thought this movie might be a trip down memory lane. How wrong I was. The X Files has proven that Canada can substitute for nearly all of the US, and even Russia. However this movie shows it can't replicate Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Sheffield, like Rome, is built on 7 major hills. Sheffield in this movie, like plot, was very flat. Other laughable elements include - the accents (not even vaguely close), - the 'pubs' (oh dear), - the high school (so 'american' in build I don't know where to start), - London and Sheffield became interchangeable towards the end.But my favourite bit was the cars. The production obviously had limited access to right-hand cars, with stick shift, as we drive over here. However to have the band 'sharing' a clapped-out Volvo estate, even at the peak of their success was just too funny. If the plot/characterization had been stronger I could have forgiven this. But it just wasn't.