three and a half star may seem like a high rating for a film that on the surface be all gloss and pop music . if you can look deep though you will see a film that about teen angst and yearning and the torture of grow up in an age where nothing matter . the movie follow a group of teen through one harrowing day in their life and a day that they believe will end in apocalypse . we meet several character and watch in amusement and sometimes horror at what happen to them . there a lot of weird stuff go on and like a guy in a lizard suit who zap people into ash with his ray gun and an ecstasy induced game of kick the can and strange cameo by former television star ( john ritter play a televangelist . ) and a group of punk rock psycho straight out of repo man . in fact it hard not to see repo man influence throughout this film and which portray los angeles a an apocalyptic wasteland and it resident a drug and sex crazed loony . each character have a vice that eventually lead to either a downfall or an awakening and this film beautifully show u the desperation of suicide and the depth of inner turmoil and the satisfaction of a love that be finally realize . then and in the end and it all take away . araki us amaze visuals and a beautiful pop soundtrack to convey to u his character emotion and by the end of the film and somehow i understand everything that he be try to say . nowhere be a lush and erotic visual piece with strange character and strange dialogue . it funny and brash and shocking and deeply sexual . sometimes his metaphor be obvious and sometimes not and while this be definitely not a movie that every one will enjoy if you have an open mind it deserve to be see .