This Finnish extreme metal comedy is tonally very strange, sitting somewhere between kids TV and gross-out stoner film, we follow a wannabee metal band from anonymity to fame via death, destruction and a whole barrel full of heavy-handed plot contrivances. It's a fairly likeable sort of affair, and despite the wigs and the occasional sacrilege it's quite refreshing to see full-on extreme metallers portrayed as 'the good guys' in something. It's not winning prizes for authenticity but as shallow European comedies go, it functions relatively well and has some fascinatingly cartoonish set pieces.
Review of Heavy Trip
