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The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy irreverent detective comedy, obnoxious antiheroes, rock-and-roll excess, and gleefully tasteless one-liners.
- Tone
- darkly comic, campy, playful
- Payoff
- amusement, vindication
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- celebrity culture, murder investigation, masculinity, show-business corruption
- Setting
- late twentieth-century, flamboyant Los Angeles music and entertainment scene