Metallica: Through The Never Review

Title- Metallica: Through The Never

Director- Nimród Antal

Cast- Dane DeHaan

          James Hetfield

          Lars Ulrich

          Kirk Hammett

Certificate- 15

Run time- 94 mins

With the growing rise of concert movies heading into cinemas over the globe, one of the biggest names in rock history make their mark by making their own replacing the usual boring and pointless documentary with a much more interesting sub plot revolving around a stage hand named Trip (DeHaan) who gets caught up in the middle of a riot whilst trying to collect a package for the band.

DeHaans performance (with him being the only real cast member) is nothing brilliant, but definitely keeps you watching easily reminding you that even in a small part like this, he still shines as a talented actor who is rapidly rising to stardom. His part doesn't really call for anything out of the ordinary (well not much more than chronicle) as he spends most of the time running from a rioter known only as The Ryder.

Obviously, the main focus of the film is the concert and Metallicas music, which doesn't disappoint. With IMAX taking full effect, hearing songs like Enter Sandman and Fuel play at that volume and clarity is nearly beyond belief. With the concert being the main focus, the band pull of one of their best shows to date. 

The main problem with the film is the subplot involving Trip, which doesn't make much sense in terms of plot progression as it basically appears as a group of random events loosely connected. The best way to get around this is to look at the film as either one big music video or a group of music videos based around the songs of the concert,

There's really not much to say more about the film other than it is a must see for fans of Metallica or rock music in general. 

7/10