Now after seeing this lick or myself I have to say that three words come to mind in the form o 3 letters: WTF?! They got mostly everything about this movie all wrong & I've seen quite a bit o rants about it. Okay it starts off with Jerrica doing a video intro of how Jem & her band came to be.
She & her sister Kimber are living with their aunt Bailey played by Molly Ringwald who has 2 adopted daughters, Aja, & Shana & whenever they got mad or into an argument they hum in perfect harmony courtesy of their aunt & all is well again. But anyway Kimber posts up a video online of Jerrica singing which garners some views & the head of Starlight Music Erica Raymond played by Julia Roberts who sends Zipper her guard & henchman
to their house to set up an appointment with her & in return has them sign a contract with Starlight Music & move to LA.
They do just that & while there meet up with Rio Erica's adopted son & Jerrica is given a new look & name that of Jem. As for her sisters they too are given new looks & Jem has to give up her beloved earrings & then discovers a robot named Synergy who leads her to find some clues about her dad Emmett Benton who created it. Synergy communicates through music & then Rio tracks them down & follows them to the pier & follows them to a night club to find the missing parts for the robot to fully activate it/
Later on Aunt Baily delivers the news that she lost both the store & the custody battle & to make matters worse Erica tells Jerrica that she has to perform solo & she's under contract to do so & because of this has to break the news to her sister resulting in a bittersweet breakup but despite this there's hope.
They then together with Rio's help break into the Starlight Music building by distracting the security guard & break into Erica's office to get the Jem Star earrings & the copy of Rio's father's will of who really has control over the company. Meanwhile after finding out about Rio's plan Erica then has the place locked down but Jerrica in her Jem disguise manages to elude the guards allowing her, the girls & Rio to escape.
After inserting the earrings into Synergy they all then discover that it ws Jerrica's dad Emmet who created it & had big dreams for her to be a rock star to which she makes come true also discovers that the tunes that Synergy was whistling was the exact same tune her dad once sang
Afterward they all then confront Erica & Rios stands up to her saying that he has the original document of his dad's will over control of the company & thus has her removed from the building with help from her now former henchmen Zipper to which Aunt Baily says that now she an leave her old life behind & make a fresh start.
The concert then goes on as planned & Rio becomes the band's new manger & Jerrica & Jem's love interest in which they meet Lindsey Pierce played by Christy Marx & Then become billed as Jem & The Holograms meanwhile Erica then comes across the Misfits Pizzazz, Roxy, Jetta, & Stormer in which they become they rival group & vow to destroy Jem.
Now there's a lot I have to say regarding this movie in which they got all wrong cause even I was expecting it to be like the cartoon in which it wasn't
For starters Jerrica & Kimber never had an Aunt Bailey & if they did where was she in the show & also where were The Stingers? & last time I checked The main bad guy was indeed a GUY. It was just as formulaic as all of the other films I've seen featuring a girl band so it was really nothing unique.
Also they used YT footage of people ranging from performers telling the viewers how Jem was an inspiration to them thinking it would help the film out which it really didn't. Though I'll say this it made a good point in which its better to be yourself & know who you really are outside of the glitz & glam.
So to the people who thought it would be a great idea to butcher a classic they weren't thinking straight first off Jem is an action adventure show sure it had its share of drama when it came to covering some social subjects but still they should've left it alone & stuck to the original plot then things would've been different.
So with that said I give this movie my lowest score ever 1 out of 10. Mainly because they didn't do the cartoon justice. So with that said I'm going to leave you with a song from the original cartoon just to help you wash that bad taste out of your mouths.
Jem- To the rescue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvBQM76Bh0g
So until then we'll Dizzy it up soon I'm up.... over...& .....GONE!!!
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