Pump Up the Volume

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chris h Generational movie about coming of age and the struggles of youth at a crooked highschool.one of my favorite dramas when i was a teen and love to this day.Very underrated,and delivers a war cry from teens struggling to not fall out of line in a school of shady teachers and principle. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/05/25 Full Review Alex R Forgotten 90s gem. Prophetical and still relevant today Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/25 Full Review Wayne P I loved this movie when it came out. I enjoyed watching Christian Slater's character broadcast his thoughts and notions and the fact he took down a corrupt high school principal was the icing on the cake. I still want my own short wave rig. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/25 Full Review Maia C This movie was soo good I absolutely loved it it was exciting and really fun to watch but I did not like the way they ended it they needed to make a part 2 the end just got me mad the way they ended it but like in a good way it wax the most amazing movie ever this is definitely my new no.1 fave movie ever u need to watch it and Christian Slater was amazing in this he acted amazingly he really played his character well better than we'll he's an amazing actor u have to watch this movie it is a must Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/03/25 Full Review Todd T Almost three and a half decades after first seeing Pump Up the Volume, it has remained firmly in my top 3 favorite films of all time. It is at the tippity-top of the mountain, putting the more famous works of teen angst genre by John Hughes to shame. The writer/director was a no-compromise type of guy who still had to compromise a small bit on this film, but whatever compromises were made were good ones. Those lucky enough of my generation to find this film in the early 90s were likely introduced to Leonard Cohen for the first time. Some of the best songs from the movie didn't even make it to the official original soundtrack, luckily in the modern era a true soundtrack can and has been created on various streaming mediums. I don't think Slater and Mathis ever did work that topped Pump Up the Volume, but again I'm probably a bit bias. Top 3 after all. But I certainly became fans of them early in their careers because of PUtV. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/05/24 Full Review cameron c Would have been 4 stars if I was 20, 5 stars if I was 15. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/22/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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