Pump Up the Volume

Pump Up the Volume

1990 · 105 min · EN · R · 7.0 (312 votes)
Dir. Allan Moyle · Starring Christian Slater, Samantha Mathis, Annie Ross, Scott Paulin, Mimi Kennedy, Andy Romano · Music Cliff Martinez

TALK HARD. STEAL THE AIR.

MusicDrama

Mark Hunter, a lonely high school student, uses his shortwave radio to moonlight as the popular pirate DJ "Hard Harry." When his show gets blamed for a teen committing suicide, the students clash with high school faculty and the authorities.

VIBE

A raw, energetic blast of teenage defiance. It feels like the thrill of a secret broadcast, the catharsis of shared rebellion, and the electric hum of a generation finding its voice against the static of conformity.

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