I had to think back to one scene in The Player where people are pitching story lines to producers.
"Okay Okay so you've got this rocker okay not really a rocker who sees this girl on the subway train"
After I saw the trailer I knew there was trouble. Fortunately there will be some good music come from it

UNDISCOVERED

Starring Steven Strait, Pell James. Written by John Galt. Directed by Meiert Avis. (PG) 97 min. Opens Aug 26.

If you hate one movie this year, make it Undiscovered. Luke (Steven Strait) -- a wannabe rock star with Creed hair and a filthy moustache -- spies the beautiful Brier (Pell James) on a New York subway. Of course, fate is a mean-spirited prick: immediately after seeing the love of his subway ride, Luke leaves for Los Angeles to follow his dream of making crappy, crappy music.

Two years later, Brier -- a generic blond model -- heads to LA to become an actress. She immediately befriends fellow struggling actress Clea, played by the struggling-to-act Ashlee Simpson. (In fairness, Simpson isn't that bad but her confidence seems fake, like the kid who knows she's only invited to the party because her parents insisted on it. Incidentally, her dad executive-produced Undiscovered.)

Luke and Brier meet and hit it off, but Brier refuses to get romantically involved with a rock star. In one dull scene, Luke protests, "I'm not a rock star, I'm a musician." Our little musician eventually lands a record deal, but just as success starts going to Luke's hair, fate returns to adjust his attitude.

Sure, Undiscovered has a formulaic plot and over-dramatic dialogue that's as subtle as a senile, racist grandmother. But the film's biggest fault is its sloppiness. The climactic moment when Clea thanks Brier for helping her work through her issues, for instance, would be more effective if the audience had heard any prior mention of these issues. Now we need to wait a whole two weeks for Undiscovered to hit DVD so we can see the omitted footage. JAMES SIMONS