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Average rating: 73%
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3.5
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Starring: Christian Slater, Andy Romano
Director: Allan Moyle
Studio: ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time: 105 mins
Certificate: 15
User collections: must-see-movies, my favourite films., Angst Angst Angst
Genres: Drama
Languages: English
Released: 21/03/2005

Brief synopsis of Pump Up The Volume

Mark (Christian Slater) runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.

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Rating of 3 stars out of 5 Radio Times

Christian Slater has been involved in some of the more thought-provoking teen movies to venture out of Hollywood most notably the deliciously black Heathers and he hardly puts a foot wrong here. He plays a quiet high-school student who metamorphoses into an anarchic radio shock jock, who enrages the authorities but becomes a cult hero to his fellow students. Director Allan Moyle shows an unusually sensitive feel for adolescent angst, Samantha Mathis who went on to co-star with Slater in Broken Arrow is impressive in an early role and the music is a cut above the FM pap that normally inhabits American teen movies.

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Rated - 5 starsChristian Slater at his best

A customer from Mancgester, England , 05/07/2004

This film is witty and shows Christian Slater at his best. It also has an awesome soundtrack.

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Rated - 4 starsPump Up The Quality

David Levy from Totteridge, London , 09/05/2005

If the likes of Fast Times At Ridgemont High, PCU or Heathers float your boat, then look no further for your next slice of 1990's teen nostalgia.

Forgetting for a moment that the teens of 10 years ago were WAY more interesting than their 2000 counterparts, Punp Up The Volume highlights the problems facing a disaffected generation, using the electric Christian Slater's pirate radio show as its delivery device.

While not flawless; solid performances, some memorable scenes and a superb soundtrack make this a must see movie for anyone wanting a bit of a filp side to the John Hughes coin.

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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Rated - 4 starsa Christian Slater classic

A customer from London , 13/01/2008

One of my favourite Slater movies. A great teen film.

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Rated - 3 starstalking hard

Richard Kirk from Tamworth , 30/01/2008

It had been quite a while since I saw this film and I enjoyed watching it again. In many ways it's very typical of American high school rebellion flicks but I do like the concept of one disillusioned kid accidentally reaching the local youth through a pirate radio set up. A lot of the lengthy monologues where Christian Slater was in effect talking to himself were done pretty well, too.

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Rated - 4 starsa Christian Slater classic

A customer from London , 13/01/2008

One of my favourite Slater movies. A great teen film.

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Rated - 4 starsall pumped up

kaylz from Wallsend [Highly rated reviewer] , 15/02/2008

Fresh funny and entertaining. Christian slater at his finest with a good supporting cast.

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