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Cleveland, Ohio, 1978. On a quiet evening, the tired and hyper-Catholic Mrs. Bruce is home alone. She lies down on the couch with a drink in hand, ready to read a good book—not without first putting a peaceful folk music album on the turntable. She relaxes and... falls backward in the throes of two heart attacks because the song that starts is the dreadful "I Stole Your Love" by the wicked Kiss, and the record is "Love Gun," hastily hidden there by her degenerate son Jeremiah, aka Jam!! "Aaaah!!" screams the mother, realizing that her son listens to the devil's music in secret!
Thus begins the adventure of the young teenager, who, along with his three very high friends Lex, Trip, and Hawk, as well as members of a Kiss tribute band, the Mystery, decides to skip the last day of school to escape to Detroit, Michigan, and attend the mega-concert of their idols!! But Jam's mother finds and burns the tickets and sends her son to boarding school... a school run by priests, of course!! His loyal friends must free him (to find out how, watch the movie!!) and the four will then be free to speed down the road towards Detroit in a car "borrowed" from Hawk's mother, but their troubles are just beginning!!
Amid new meetings, clashes (with a group of bizarre "disco maniacs" à la John Travolta), difficulties, disappointments, revelations, all in the name of picaresque yet frankly adolescent humor, the feisty group will have to, once in the city, retrieve tickets by any means necessary, and you'll really see some wild antics!! Delightful is the confrontation between Jam and his mother, who, in the meantime, arrives in the city following the "Mothers Against Kiss Association" to protest the concert!!
In the end, obviously (or what kind of comedy would it be?), the four manage to see the legendary Kiss, who, for the occasion, are played by the original members of the New York group in full!
The film, released in 1999 (in 2000 in Italy), is, in my opinion, worth watching without a doubt, as it doesn't bore at all and develops at a rapid pace. The proposed humor is a bit adolescent, but I would still recommend it to everyone, especially those who know and appreciate Kiss, of whom there are continuous references throughout the film, as well as various tracks used as the soundtrack, plus classic rock 'n' roll pieces from that period (need I mention one? I think "Highway To Hell" by AC/DC suffices!).
Obviously, I can't go into detail about the plot because I don't want to spoil the funniest moments, and I actually want to pique your curiosity to watch it: laughs guaranteed, unless you're a grump!!
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