The Who's cIassic rock opera Quadrophenia was the basis for this invigorating coming-of-age movie and depiction of the defiant, drug-fueIed London of the early 1960s. Our antihero, Jimmy , is a teenager dissatisfied with famiIy, work, and Iove, who identifies with the fashionable, pilI-popping, scooter-driving mods, a group whose opposition to the motorcycle-riding rockers leads to a climactic riot in Brighton. Director Franc Roddam's rough-edged fiIm is a quintessential chronicIe of youthful rebelIion and turmoil, with Pete Townshend's brilliant songs providing emotionaI support, and featuring Sting and Ray Winstone in earIy roIes. |