Rock & Rule

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James W Sep 5 This very weird movie had a lot of potential. There are some great effects early on including atmospheric scenery with rad looking clouds, a cool retrofuturistic city and cars, and some awesome Tron inspired Sci-fi eye candy. The character design is very uneven - some characters look like the stuff Don Bluth was doing for Disney in the '70s, others look like they stepped out of a Ralph Bakshi flick, while others just look plain bad. But where the movie really struggles is an awkward script with b-movie dialog and a undeveloped story that really feels like a first draft, voice acting that ranges from good to amateurish and downright cringeworthy, chaotic pacing and brutal editing that feels rushed, confusing and sometimes incomprehensible. The character Omar is a prime example of what's wrong with this movie: his character design and animation is ugly, the actor delivers lines like he's in a highschool play, he's a obnoxious jerk throughout the entire film, and everything he does feels totally random. What does the lead Angel see in this guy?? It's too bad because there are some fun musical moments - the Earth Wind and Fire song is a standout - and some of the visuals are fantastic with some trippy psychadelic scenes, wild dystopian city shenanigans, marvelous flying machines, and more. The whole thing feels like it could've been truly epic but they ran out of money or did way too much cocaine or something else went wrong because, while it's great to look at sometimes, the lackluster script, acting and editing make it hard to enjoy. Do yourself a favor and watch "The Devil and Daniel Mouse," also by Nelvana instead. It's a lot shorter, has a way more coherent story, and has more consistently good animation. Roughly the same story but short and sweet. See more Paul H 12/02/2023 This movie was as cool as Heavy Metal, the company should have pushed the film more, given it better publicity than they did. See more 12/04/2021 A unique animated '80s flop, Rock and Rule is strange, noisy and even a bit trippy with inconsistent voice acting, unusual number of jump cuts (probably because I saw the official YouTube version which went for a "best of both worlds" approach with the Canadian cut containing elements from the American cut) and the main protagonist being a jerk for most of the movie. And I still think it worthy of the term "underrated" thanks to good animation, a fun uniquely-designed villain, jokes that I actually found legit funny and, as you'd expect from a movie with that title, awesome music especially during the climax. Long story short: this animated flop is nothing like all the other huge animated flops because this one's 2D animated rather than fully CGI, and also because it's actually decent. Not bad for a Canadian animation studio that's mostly known for cartoons for babies. I didn't fall in love with Rock and Rule as much as I hoped but if you're an animation enthusiast, I do think you should check it out. You'll probably find something to love. See more 02/15/2021 Joya de la animación para adultos muy infravalorada paso muy desapercibida es una película totalmente nostálgica llena de todos los clitches de la época de manera hermosa y bizarra la animación retro te sumerge en el mundo y si eso no lo hace lo hará la fenomenal música. See more 10/04/2020 The music does indeed rock and the animation does indeed rule, but like so many of the punk-influenced records from this era, there is more style than substance at play. See more 01/17/2020 Tried to be "Heavy Metal." Failed. See more Read all reviews

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