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The easy analogy for "Roadside Prophets" is the hippie-biker classic "Easy Rider." "A Gen-X Easy Rider," "Easy Rider For the 90s," "A Modern Easy Rider," etc. Yes, there is in fact a lot in writer/director Abbe Wools 1992 cult comedy that stirs up memories of Fonda and Hopper, but to suggest this is nothing more than an alt-rock Bush (Sr.)-era retread of a familiar road movie is to underestimate this sly examination of lost, lonely, drifting souls.
The film stars John Doe, he of the legendary punk band X, as Joe Mosely, a nice guy with a crap job and a sweet ride. After a shift at the factory, he meets Dave Coleman (David Anthony Marshall), a fellow nice guy with a crap job and a sweet ride. Dave tells Joe about this glorious town in Nevada called El Dorado, where theres a casino named the Three Queens (or the Four Kings, or the Two Jacks, Dave cant remember), a place you just, like, have to ...Read the entire review
