This film kind of is Emilio Estevez' comeback after a dreadfully slow decade of kiddies' stuff and inferior TV-productions. Estevez and his brother Charlie Sheen portray the Mitchell brothers, Jim and Arnie. From the early 70's until the early 90's these boys ruled the Californian porn industry and opened their own San Franciscan nudie theater and strip club. As usual in this type of biopic films, we first get to see a whole series of highlights (like their big breakthrough porn film 'Beyond the Green Door') before the 'drama' kicks in. Both brothers put industrial amounts of dope up their noses and their relationships all go to hell. This isn't an immensely impressive film because you've all seen it before slightly better in epics like 'Boogie Nights' or even 'The People vs. Larry Flint'. Still it's worthwhile thanks to the performances of Estevez, Sheen and a few members of the supportive cast like Terry O'Quin (The Stepfather) as Mitchell senior. If you're a fan of Sheen or Estevez (or both) this is definitely worth a peek. They both look deliciously rancid. Not highly memorable, but amusing while it lasts
which is a bit too long by the way.
