"Reckless Abandon" The Movie

I think it's pretty obvious that Blink-182 are a hugely influential band. After all, All Time Low started out as a Blink-182 cover band. Simple Plan may or may not have existed were it not for Blink-182; Good Charlotte probably would've existed, but neither would've been nearly as popular. Blink-182 are without a doubt the most popular pop-punk band in recent history, having sold something like 20 million albums and toured the world. If Blink-182 never existed, then who else would've copied the Nirvana logo (or stolen a line from "Come As You Are"- check out the lyrics for "Adam's Song")?

If you aren't convinced of Blink-182's popularity, consider this: when the dates for their Summer 2009 tour were released on PickRSet, the website supposedly crashed because so many people logged on. Luckily I was able to get on, and (thanks to a fan club pre-sale) got floor seats to see them in Hershey Park (PA). It was amazing.

Back on topic. Well, apparently I'm not the only one who considers Blink-182 influential. Some film makers in San Diego made a musical movie inspired by the music of Blink-182 (like how the movie Across The Universe was made about the music of The Beatles). The movie is called Reckless Abandon, and follows the story of three guys- Ben, Gary, and Matt, who have something in common- they "lost a friend". Hm. I wonder if the friend who they lost (the trailer opens in a graveyard) was named Adam (anyone ever hear of a certain "Adam's Song"?). There's also two female characters named Wendy ("Wendy Clear"?) and Holly (there's a Holly mentioned in "All Of This" and "Easy Target"). I really hope there's a character named Josie in the film somehow.




The myspace page for the movie can be found here.

The movie was directed by Frank Lucatuorto, the music was arranged and interpreted by Nick Dillinger. The songs are sung by the cast of the film (many of the actors are in bands or have experience in musical theater). The Reckless Abandon versions of Blink-182 songs such as "Dammit" (original here) are a little from the originals, but as said in the "Making Of" videos, even if you change the tempo or the melody a little bit, the songs still mean the same thing.

The film was independently made and produced. It was screened in San Diego on December 29th, but hasn't yet been released online. I hope the movie is put online though; I totally want to see it (and if I do, I will definitely review it on Cold Fusion).

What do you think? Will you watch Reckless Abandon if/when it's released online? If you were lucky enough to see it already, how was it? Got anything else you want to say, or any musicians you think Cold Fusion should start covering? Leave a comment!