Rock the Kasbah Reviews

Even though this movie had a rather lame reputation, somehow, I still ended up watching the damned thing. Well, it turned out to be pretty weak, that's for sure. First of all, it was completely tone-deaf. Indeed, they went for some rather campy approach which never worked and it was only during the scenes involving Scott Caan and Danny McBride that they did find the right tone. At least, the Afghan characters were not so bad but the damned thing was still terribly condescending to them and their culture. Furthermore, it was filled with some characters suddenly appearing and disappearing just as randomly as they showed up. For example, what the hell happened to Zooey Deschanel's character? Concerning the cast, well, there was indeed a bunch of interesting actors involved but they either struggled with the material or they didn't even try at all. The worst offender being Bruce Willis who was a great choice to play such a mercenary and yet it was borderline offending to see him completely sleepwalking through his performance. The worst thing was probably the fact that the damned thing actually had some potential but it was just so poorly written, as a result, it was pretty much hopeless from the start. I mean, how do you connect a young girl playing the guitar in a cave in the Afghan desert with an American down-on-his-luck music manager? Well, not like this, that's for sure. Anyway, to conclude, I think I was rather generous with my rating here, the damned thing was just so weak and you should probably avoid it.