Blu-ray

Rock of Ages: Extended Edition

Anton van Beek  |  Dec 28, 2012

This bigscreen musical wants to Rock You Like a Hurricane with its '80s power ballads...

What's not to love about a musical based on '80s hair metal and power ballads? Quite a lot as it turns out – especially when so many of the songs are given over to a pair of charisma-free leads who would look more at home on the Mickey Mouse Club. Only Tom Cruise's electrifying turn as rock star Stacee Jaxx makes this remotely worth bothering with. As you'd expect, it looks wonderfully gaudy in hi-def and the DTS-HD MA 5.1 rocks. A selection of additional featurettes about the bands behind the songs prove far more interesting than the movie itself.

Warner Home Video, All-region BD, £25 Approx, On sale now
HCC VERDICT: 2.5/5

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