An average movie

To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this movie and maybe I should re-watch it at some point. Anyway, this movie is pretty much the stuff of legends. Indeed, after 3 years on ’21 Jump Street’, even though Johnny Depp became a huge teen-idol thanks to this TV-show, he really dreaded his status and quickly couldn’t stand this show anymore. So, when he finally managed to get off his contract, he made sure he picked up something drastically different and this first role would pave the way for one of the most off-beat and interesting careers in Hollywood (at least, until the mid 2000’s).  Unfortunately, that is usually the state of mind you have before watching this movie but, to be honest, I can’t say I was really blown away by the damned thing. I mean, basically, it is some kind of twisted version of ‘Grease’ which wasn’t really a bad idea but since I didn’t really care for ‘Grease’ in the first place, even an alternative version like this one rather bored me. At least, Johnny Depp was really charismatic and he obviously had a lot of fun with this part. To conclude, even though it was definitely not one of my favorite movies starring Depp, it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

6/10