Two slackers embark on a brisk, raunchy quest for a magical guitar pick to achieve rock and roll glory.
Campy and pulpy, with absurdist humor. A party watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on The Roku Channel (free), Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
No surprises for an R: moderate sex and nudity, and some violence.
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In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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