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The Doom Generation

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Teens Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy Blue (Rose McGowan) pick up a handsome drifter named Xavier Red (Johnathon Schaech). Red tends to create combustible situations -- for example, a trip to a convenience store leads to a clerk getting decapitated. Afterward, the trio voyages through small-town America, where Amy is accosted by various men claiming to be her lovers, and she and Jordan find themselves drawn to Xavier. But can any amount of sex lift the sense of doom hanging over them?
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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 01/14/2011
Striking to look at, though often offensively opportunistic, this mainly comes across as a throwaway shocker with energy to spare. There's not much thought in evidence though. Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
A nihilistic comedy about a trio of alienated youngsters, pic is bold not only in its art design, but also in its narrative and tone, a mixture of satire and horror with heavy dosage of steamy sex and macabre violence. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy Variety 06/20/2006
4/5
Inspired by Godard's classic Band Apart, Araki's fifth feature is his most audacious and most technically accomplished film to date, reflecting the larger than usual budget and gained experience. Go to Full Review Scott Nye Battleship Pretension 11/21/2024
To call its queerness subtext is an insult to subtext. Go to Full Review D.M. Palmer Vague Visages 11/09/2023
Gregg Araki envisages the final decade of the century as a rampant forest fire of kitsch and catastrophe... Go to Full Review Sean Burns WBUR’s Arts & Culture 06/18/2023
It’s hard not to admire Araki's obnoxious audacity. The film is a sustained, 83-minute affront to decency and good taste. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Sean Aug 28 Iconic 90’s movie!! Felt like I was back in high school watching the movie again See more Monty G @Montyginger Jan 7 I just found out that "JONATHAN ROSENBAUM" was a male critic ! I thought he was a woman ! A sad old grandma maybe but it turned out that he was just a lonely grandpa. And oh honey you have no taste. This movie was so good ! And I enjoyed every second of it ! I mean do I have to say that Rose McGowan is an amazing actress ? She’s one of the defining figures of the 90s and she shines in every single movie she’s in. See more Dean T @RT08236790 07/10/2025 Pure 90s nostalgia. Disturbing and stylish. A great ride that goes from manic comedy to manic disturbing. See more Phillip N @RT27345719 04/17/2025 A great Gen X movie. See more Steve D @RT35616104 02/17/2023 An aimless mess of a film. See more 02/13/2021 It perfectly knows the kind of film it is and takes it to another level, achieving his own freedom but giving it a black psycho twist at the end. See more Read all reviews
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Gregg Araki

Director

James Duval

Jordan White

Rose McGowan

Amy Blue

Johnathon Schaech

Xavier Red

Margaret Cho

Clerk's Wife

Amanda Bearse

Barmaid

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Synopsis Teens Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy Blue (Rose McGowan) pick up a handsome drifter named Xavier Red (Johnathon Schaech). Red tends to create combustible situations -- for example, a trip to a convenience store leads to a clerk getting decapitated. Afterward, the trio voyages through small-town America, where Amy is accosted by various men claiming to be her lovers, and she and Jordan find themselves drawn to Xavier. But can any amount of sex lift the sense of doom hanging over them?
Director
Gregg Araki
Producer
Andrea Sperling, Gregg Araki, Yves Marmion
Screenwriter
Gregg Araki
Distributor
Trimark Pictures
Production Co
Blurco, Why Not Productions, Desperate Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 25, 1995, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Apr 7, 2023
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 7, 2007
Runtime
1h 10m
Sound Mix
Stereo