Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas is a 2003 direct to video film of Prince in concert at the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts. The concert was recorded December 12, 2002, and features several notable cover versions, an unreleased song and touches on some of his rarely performed back catalog of material. Special guests included former band associates, Eric Leeds and Sheila E., funk legends Maceo Parker and Greg Boyer, as well as Nikka Costa. The soundcheck contains an excerpt of "The Rainbow Children" from the album of the same name and "Nagoya" from C-Note. Track listing: 1. Intro / Soundcheck 2. "Pop Life" 3. "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" / "The Work" 4. "Push and Pull" (with Nikka Costa) 5. "1+1+1=3" (incl. "Love Roller-coaster" / "Housequake") 6. "Strollin'" / "U Want Me" (previously unreleased) 7. "Gotta Broken Heart Again" 8. "Strange Relationship" 9. "Pass the Peas" 10. "Whole Lotta Love" 11. "Family Name" 12. "Take Me with U" 13. "The Everlasting Now" 14. "Sometimes It Snows In April" bonus clip: "The Ride" Band: • Rhonda Smith: Bass and vocals • Renato Neto: Keys and more keys • John Blackwell: Drums • Maceo Parker: Alto saxophone • Eric Leeds: Tenor saxophone • Greg Boyer: Trombone

Prince live in Las Vegas - rather cameral performance, but if you're a fan of this artist, then you'll be more than pleased. We won't hear here the well known hits like "Little Red Corvette", "Kiss" or "When Doves Cry", but for me that was totally O.K. I admire Prince no matter if he's funky, if he plays pop, disco, rock or jazz - it's always the same great Prince. The only thing that I can complain about is the filming - for some reason the video is overexposured and edited in a windows-movie-maker style. And those horrible visualizations - who made those? But nevermind the bad realization - the music is still very enjoyable. So is the show.

Prince's change of attitude in his later years has resulted in boring shows like this where he refuses to play older material.The only stand out in this lackluster production is the Led Zeppelin cover. As for the songs that are here - His newer material (I confess I have lost track, this stuff seems to be from the Musicology Era) all sounds poppy-jazzy-the-same. The Genius seems to be gone. As a long time Prince fan, I was more disappointed than I can properly express.They say Las Vegas is where washed up old Musicians go to die- and this video is an indication that the old adage may be true.

Once again, Prince proves himself to be the best performer andthe best live performer. In "Live at the Aladdin Las Vegas", Princehas many fans jammin' to the tunes "Pop Life" and other classics.This isn't "Sign 'O' The Times" but Prince still can party like it's1999.