
Flicks, Steve Newall
The opening minutes of Metallica: Through the Never make it abundantly apparent that this is not a traditional concert film. Immediately looking like a million bucks, the film shows strong cinematic, rather than documentary, qualities as lead character Trip (Chronicle’s Dane DeHaan) is introduced. A roadie for the band, he’s returning to the arena they’re playing as he passes Metallica members in cameos that further distance Through the Never from vérité music docs – horror enthusiast Kirk Hammett dealing with a bleeding guitar, Robert Trujillo doing his ridiculous crab-walk bass-playing in a backstage chamber that shakes the auditorium.
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