Amazon.com video review:
Spinal Tap it ain't, but Michael Lehmann's good-natured comedy of
errors, about a garage band whose unannounced visit to a local radio station
escalates into a hostage situation, is pleasant diversion with a fair share
of laughs. Brendan Fraser plays the singer-songwriter of the unknown heavy
metal band the Lone Rangers, a trio of socially challenged musicians rounded
out by dimwitted but sweet bass player Adam Sandler and aging
drummer/toy-store employee Steve Buscemi--who just happens to be packing a
lifelike toy machine gun from work. Needless to say, the friendly visit is
misinterpreted as a hostile takeover, but all the Lone Rangers want is to
play their music on the air--and they sabotage themselves again by
destroying their own demo tape! Joe Mantegna plays a burned-out deejay who
tries to help the muddled metalheads as the media surrounds the building and
asks the question on everyone's lips: "How can you be the Lone Rangers if
you're always together?" --Sean Axmaker
