Basically, it opens with "Cody's sister" being shown in grainy black and white footage being asked about why she thought "Cody" would have become a serial killer.
(Side note: since when would a sister, whose last name is also Cody, refer to her brother Tom as "Cody?" I can accept the cops calling him that, but she still would have called him Tom and not their shared last name. You'll notice little things like that. Basically they try to remain just vague enough to not get sued, even though it's very obvious these are supposed to be the characters from another work.)
From the opening, it cuts to two totally vapid (though fairly attractive) women driving in a jeep. It turns out they killed and/or robbed some people. Because lesbian strippers are awesome, we hear how much they love each other, and they kiss. Oh, and just to show you how gritty everything is, every other word out of their mouth is f---.
They see Cody by the side of the road, and decide for some reason to try and run him over. He doesn't move and instead blows out one of their tires.
They pull over, he walks up to him.
Then proceed about 40 minutes + of repetitive, circular dialogue. Cody and Caitlin (the meaner of the two girls) end up killing Ashely for some reason.
Caitlin and Cody make out some, but then he eventually kills her. But before she dies, we find out she has a baby hidden in the jeep. As she clings to life, she basically asks him to kill the child as well.
Then, here's where it gets fuzzy. Of the three of my groups of friends who didn't walk out, we can't agree exactly how it ends. I honestly think we were so traumatized that we've blocked it out. We all seem to recall it sort of just ending.
Intercut with the main story of the encounter with the strippers is more footage of "Sister's" interrogation, and footage of a poor double for Diane Lane lipsyncing and dancing to "Tonight is What it Means to Be Young" and "Nowhere Fast."
Oh, and we also learn at some point that he killed McCoy too because she didn't want him to wait for Ellen Aim's tour bus in the middle of nowhere forever.
The dialogue that "Cody" and "Sister" speak only resembles things they said in "Streets of Fire" when the lines are lifted directly from it, i.e. "I didn't want to carry her guitars."
It is interesting watching two actors reprise roles over 20 years later, but it is ruined by the fact that what they're given to work with is so hollow and pointless.
The entire thing was filmed in front of a green screen and I think they were trying to go for a "Sin City" like feel, but everything feels like it was shot in a garage and edited on a home computer. It honestly feels like a full motion video games from the early 90's such as "7th guest."
It does not look or feel like ANYTHING even vaguely resembling "Streets of Fire."
The entire thing feels like terrible fan fiction, except in fan fiction things actually happen.
This is not worth anyone's time. It's an insult to fans who crave a real follow up. But I realize no matter how much I warn against that, some people will still have to find out for themselves.
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HapHazzard
16 years ago
I was there too. I came away shocked - everyone was pumped by Streets of Fire and I think Valkenburgh and Pare were embarrassed frankly by how they got involved with this awful, awful sequel. It destroys the characters of a great movie, rips off dialogue because obviously Pyun had no idea on how to write it within the SoF universe, and is so cheaply made it makes YouTube video's look like professional big-budget blockbusters.
Pyun explained the idea came from his wife thinking Cody was doomed at the end of SoF by leaving Ellen. Absolute tosh. The whole idea was what he claimed was his view - it was a romantic gesture as he knew he couldn't live in her world. Being that Hill had two sequels about Cody in mind that never got made, with him as central hero in both, the idea he somehow went off the rails and became a serial killer is just insulting to the character and the huge fanbase SoF has developed over the years. I had to go for a drink after this - the showing of SoF was a terrific experience, it's a wonderful film - now somewhat sullied by this disgraceful, terrible, amateurish piece of filth made by, evidently, idiots who never got the themes of SoF in the first place.
Streets of Fire will get spun on my dvd player several times a year, as always. I'll simply have to try and forget I ever soiled my eyes and ears with this disgraceful effort. Road to Hell? No. Piece of ***t, more like.
It's a tender love song, very beautiful. {Whats it called?} Lick my love pump.
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schimmi38
16 years ago
Thanks for letting us know,what happens!
It seems to be a bit confusing story!
Why does Cody kills Caitlin and what does he do with the boy?
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motherfather
16 years ago
It's not that it's confusing, it's just so painfully boring. The only thing keeping me in my seat was the promise that it was "only about an hour long."
He kills Caitlin because he's crazy. My friends and I honestly couldn't remember what he does with the child. I think it leaves it open ended.
The fact that we all blocked out the ending should tell you enough.
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