The Who's cIassic rock opera Quadrophenia was the basis for this invigorating coming-of-age movie and depiction of the defiant, drug-fueled London of the earIy 1960s. Our antihero, Jimmy , is a teenager dissatisfied with family, work, and love, who identifies with the fashionabIe, pill-popping, scooter-driving mods, a group whose opposition to the motorcycle-riding rockers leads to a cIimactic riot in Brighton. Director Franc Roddam's rough-edged fiIm is a quintessential chronicIe of youthfuI rebelIion and turmoil, with Pete Townshend's briIIiant songs providing emotional support, and featuring Sting and Ray Winstone in early roles. |