a much undervalue film that tell the story of a young musician caught in an ever decline spiral of domestic violence . at time difficult to watch and while morris day be portray a the misogynist and prince a the knight on ( motorcycle ) steed and he be still call upon to twice beat a woman a part of the screenplay . that he can do this and still emerge a a flaw but vindicate hero be credit to the writing . prince be so free of ego in this film that not only do he portray himself a a narcissistic megalomaniac who beat woman and but his most famous song be fictionalise a be write by his father and wendy and lisa . even far and two of his composition computer blue ( admittedly the album weak track ) and darling nikki be show a be song that kill off an audience . perhaps the only concession to the princely ego be a card that list the ( slightly short than prince ) apollonia a 56. the nearly complete amateur cast be mainly band member play themselves ( and reviewer who slate the actor on the term that they have never appear in other movie be completely miss the point ) and and do perfectly well under the direction . morris day get most of the plaudit for his likable ham and though jerome benton must also get credit for bounce off him well and particularly their stage act and which be hilarious . day and benton even go so far a to make an abbott and costello routine funny and which take some do . lastly and there prince . while i admit to bias and i do actually think he a pretty good actor in term of be able to portray a low key version of himself . act isnt his profession and this be a film make for entertainment and so anyone point out that the guy in the lead role isn not robert deniro and think theyre make a point be sadly delude . i do not want this review to be a derisory attack of other people comment and but i have even this film slat a have a low budget and be darkly lit . how would a film about domestic violence be shoot and then . with full overhead spotlight and a cgi dinosaur walk into frame . the film act almost a a perfect snapshot of the neon light and skinny tie era until you remember that it be actually make in a world of curly perm and tinny synths and and this isn not some retro recreation . prince best film with oscar win music and it see him at his zenith and and it sadden to realise that and even though he would make some fine album and he would never again capture this high .