Amen! Instead of five cops (plus however many were out of the shot) and the helicopter overhead, there should have been a tow truck and its driver. Nobody else.

That's Cherry Bomb (more specifically, Dolby's Cube featuring Cherry Bomb), not "Cherry Bombs". The music was by Thomas Dolby (John Barry did the score)—who enlisted, among others, Joe Walsh, George Clinton, and Stevie Wonder to contribute, as well as appearing in a cameo as the bartender in the club Cherry Bomb…

Of the Heart… was released in 1991, not 1988.

"realer" isn't a real word. I think you were looking for "more real", "more realistic", or "more authentic."