Rave Macbeth (2001)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Klaus Knoesel

Writers:

Harry Ki (writer)
William Shakespeare (play)

Release Date:

8 November 2001 (Germany)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Drama | Music

Tagline:

The day is lost only, when blood rains from heaven.

Plot:

This movie is a loose adaptation of the Shakespeare play "MacBeth", except it's set in the world of the dance rave culture.

Plot Keywords:

Rave | Drugs | Nightclub | Dance Music | Drug Deal

Cast

Michael Rosenbaum	...	Marcus
Nicki Aycox	...	Lidia
Kirk Baltz	...	Dean
Jamie Elman	...	Troy
Marguerite Moreau	...	Helena
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mona Davis	...	Herself / DJ
Phil Fuldner	...	Himself / DJ
Jeanette Hain
Yvonne Laurich
Ines Lutz	...	Maggie
Iver B. Morrison	...	TC
Tom Novy	...	Himself / DJ
Sandor Oehlschlager
Mathias Schullan	...	MacDuff
Anna Thalbach
DJ Tomkraft	...	Himself / DJ
Jeffrey Vanderbyl	...	Hecate (as Jeffrey VanderByl)
Annette von Klier
Jim Yee	...	Lennox

Also Known As:

Rave Macbeth - Nacht der Entscheidung (Germany) (DVD title)

Runtime:

Germany:87 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Germany

Company:

2K Filmproduktion

A different Macbeth...

This movie indeed is remarkable for several reasons. First of all that it was managed to set Shekespeare´s old drama "Macbeth" in our time. I admit that this has worked in quite a couple of movies before. Besides it is really close to the original script, except for a few details (for example the killing of Dean/the king who is originally killed shortly after taking Marcus/Macbeth as his aid). But what is really extraordinary is - in my view - the idea to set the drama in the rave/techno scene and let the whole story take place in only a few hours. And by the way, this is the first rave-movie have ever seen and heard of. Thats the first reason why I have decided to watch it, the second one is that the movie was shot in an existing club in Munich I happen to go to from time to time. The only thing I regret is that there was not more tension. But that might be excused by the fact that Shakespeare´s Macbeth is a drama and not a Hollywood-made action thriller which was remade. So much to my view of Rave Macbeth, a different sort of movie. I can only recommend to see it, especially those who know Macbeth and also like this kind of music.