Review: 'The Rocker'

IT'S BEEN 20 years since Robert Fishman (Rainn Wilson), the metal-head hero of " The Rocker," lost his chance to live the dream, and he's been half asleep ever since. Back in the days of striped spandex and mile-high hair, "Fish" was the drummer for Vesuvius, a band on the verge of making it big. But since his bandmates booted him on the same night they signed a record deal, he's gone from heavy-metal rocking to working a soul-crushing desk job, his head bowed in permanent defeat.

By Sam Adams

August 20, 2008