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      Let It Rock

      1983 1 hr. 15 min. Drama List
      Reviews A sleazy Hollywood agent (Dennis Hopper) hypes an unknown keyboardist (Terrance Robay) to punk-rock fame and ruin. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member I saw the original version, titled "White Star". The movie is very bad, and without Dennis Hopper, it would have been torture to watch it. But Dennis Hopper is so good in it (think Blue Velvet) that I had a pretty good time. But man, the writing and direction were awful. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Ziemlich aufregender und schnell erzählter Film von Roland Klick mit Dennis Hopper in der Hauptrolle. Mir hat der Film ziemlich gut gefallen, allerdings war er mir etwas zu hektisch, Hopper hat zu dick aufgetragen und mir haben eben auch ein paar ruhige Momente gefehlt. Als ich dann aber aus einem Interview mit Klick erfahren habe, dass Hopper die ganzen Dreharbeiten über hart auf Koks war und es einfach nicht möglich war ruhige Szenen zu drehen geht das schon in Ordnung. ;-) 3/5 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member It's hard to imagine that any film that combined the crazed, over-the-top villainy of Dennis Hopper and David Hess could turn out to be so boring, but "Let it Rock" manages to pull off a miracle. It's hard to tell what this German-made film is supposed to be about, but David Hess once described it as a story of Jesus in the heavy metal world, with Hopper as St. Peter and Hess as Judas; I don't quite see it, but least he was able to find a point to this whole mess! Sadly, Mr. Hess is finished before the film is half over and is given very little to do, but, boy, does Mr. Hopper certainly get a LOT to do! "Let it Rock" was filmed just before Hopper was institutionalized for his drug problems and you can certainly tell since his performance here makes his work in "Apocalypse Now" looks subtle and restrained; it's almost like the filmmakers just chose to turn on the camera and film Hopper rambling incoherently instead of bothering to write an actual script. So, to sum it all up, nothing much happens in this film at all except a couple of riot scenes, some horrible music sequences, and a lot of footage of Dennis Hopper ending every sentence with the word "man". Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Absolutely worth it for Dennis Hopper completely out of his mind. At the end of the film you realize if only he hadn't been in the movie, everything would have gone so well for all of the characters... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A sleazy Hollywood agent (Dennis Hopper) hypes an unknown keyboardist (Terrance Robay) to punk-rock fame and ruin.
      Director
      Roland Klick
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English