Starring: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart,

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★★★★ - perfect

"I've never been fatter in my entire life..." - Alex Lifeson

Why watch this? Rush's 2002 tour showed fans that the boys still have a lot of rock music to share.

Plot Summary: The concert film captures the band Rush's performance on the final night of their 2002 Vapor Trails tour in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The film showcases the band playing 28 songs for 40,000 enthusiastic fans at the Maracanã Stadium. It includes the full concert and a documentary about Rush's visit to Brazil, offering a glimpse into the band's connection with their fans and their journey during the tour.

Dad's Preview: It is a little odd that a Texas lad would find his way through country music, to Elvis, then KISS, and finally to Rush, but he did. The album that hooked me was Hemispheres, a complex offering with songs written as chapters, telling stories of celestial gods and talking trees. This thinkin' man's rock trio are true craftsmen. I loved Alex's blistering, melodic guitar play, as Geddy plucked his funky bass and sang with otherworldly pipes. Then thunders the drums and Neil Peart. The Professor stood alone in the rock world as precise, powerful, uber-creative - and he wrote most of the song's lyrics. This concert film is triumphant, as the band wrapped up the Vapor Trails tour, because they had been through emotional hell with devastating personal losses. This was the perfect pairing of a band that had clawed back to tour again, and a South American country that exploded when their beloved Rush stopped in for the first time ever. In São Paulo, they played for 60,000 rabid fans in a soccer stadium. Included is the fantastic making-of documentary: The Boys in Brazil.

Daniel E. Catullo III, Lawrence Jordan, Lionel Pasamonte;
Sanctuary Records