The film was promoted as a summer blockbuster but failed critically and commercially, grossing only USD $8 million in North America, compared to a production budget of $14.5 million. Its dynamic musical score by Jim Steinman, Ry Cooder, and others, as well as the hit Dan Hartman song "I Can Dream About You", has helped it attain a cult following.
In a fictional city, the film opens with a concert featuring Ellen Aim (Lane), a "girl from the neighborhood" known as "the Richmond." She is the lead singer of the band Ellen Aim and The Attackers and has returned home to give a concert. A biker gang known as the Bombers enters the auditorium as she is finishing "Nowhere Fast." Ellen is attacked and kidnapped by Raven Shaddock (Dafoe), the leader of the Bombers. Some in the crowd try to save Ellen, but to no avail.
In a fictional city, the film opens with a concert featuring Ellen Aim (Lane), a "girl from the neighborhood" known as "the Richmond." She is the lead singer of the band Ellen Aim and The Attackers and has returned home to give a concert. A biker gang known as the Bombers enters the auditorium as she is finishing "Nowhere Fast." Ellen is attacked and kidnapped by Raven Shaddock (Dafoe), the leader of the Bombers. Some in the crowd try to save Ellen, but to no avail.
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