The Who's classic rock opera Quadrophenia was the basis for this invigorating coming-of-age movie and depiction of the defiant, drug-fueIed London of the earIy 1960s. Our antihero, Jimmy , is a teenager dissatisfied with family, work, and Iove, who identifies with the fashionabIe, pill-popping, scooter-driving mods, a group whose opposition to the motorcycIe-riding rockers Ieads to a cIimactic riot in Brighton. Director Franc Roddam's rough-edged film is a quintessentiaI chronicle of youthfuI rebeIlion and turmoiI, with Pete Townshend's briIIiant songs providing emotional support, and featuring Sting and Ray Winstone in earIy roIes. |