This is a low budget British film with ageing actors still showing that they can rock it.
It is inspired by true events from 2004, when Mike Peters of the Welsh rock group The Alarm released a single under the pseudonym of a teenage band called The Poppy Fields.
Peters plays a cameo in this film and The Alarm provide songs for the film.
Phil Daniels and Keith Allen are fellow band members who reunite after a funeral of a fellow rock star. The band fell out 20 years earlier in acrimonious circumstances. They start jamming while drunk and discover they still produce good music.
They look to get a record deal but get knocked back for being yesterday's men. The record executives want young bands with attitude and a teenage fan base.
Daniels gets the idea of getting some youngsters to form a band and mime their songs and hit the charts.
However Allen distrusts him and is an obstacle to this scheme. One of the teenage band member is a talented musician and might have history with Daniels.
Also it seems no one had a good look at the record contract the fake band signed.
The film starts of brightly, Daniels still has a lot of oomph in him. The latter part of the film loses its momentum when it goes for some melodrama. The film is short enough to have a feel good factor and great acting from the veterans.
