Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (2026)

 

Now I LOVE my metal, and Maiden when they burst onto the scene back in 1980 were just great, their debut was a classic, follow up 'Killers' wasn't bad, then along came Bruce Dickenson and the band were transformed, 'Number Of The Beast' again a classic, but after that I was more into other rock, be it the LA scene and the attitude of bands such as Metallica, Anthrax and Slayer. I only saw them once head-lining  back in the 80's, and after that pretty much ignored them for two decades. It must be said though I love a rock documentary so was quite looking forward to this film, the story of the band on their 50th (!) anniversary. And this delivers, in buckets. Starting from their early days (obviously) it charts the bands development from an up and coming new 80s metal band to one of the biggest rock bands of all time. In depth, the ups and downs are all covered with a mass of fellow musical artists contributing, Scott Ian, Tom Morello, Lars Ulrich, Tom Morello, Chuck D, plus some you might not expect, the awesome Javier Bardem (a massive Metal fan) and a nice cameo from Sooty and Sweep! Absolute quality.

5/5