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Pump Up the Volume
The film revolves around Mark Hunter, a shy teenager. One day, Mark decided to run the crowd in high school. Things turn out to be a bad path, especially when he broadcasts a gruesome night monologue on a pirate radio station from the basement of his parents' house at those moments.
19 March 1953, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
17 December 1948, Upland, California, USA
11 June 1969, New York City, New York, USA
9 July 1936, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
22 February 1951, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
1970
25 September 1948, Rochester, New York, USA
8 February 1974, Overbrook Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
December1944, Ohio, USA
June 12, 2004
Underrated.
July 30, 2003
Pump Up the Volume is the kind of movie that hits home. It touches on real emotions and is a reminder of just how darn awkward it is to be a young adult.
March 03, 2006
Much more than a teen movie....an experience, and one you'll never forget. TURN IT UP LOUD!
September 21, 2004
A teen anthem and guilty pleasure.
July 14, 2003
Powerful teen rebellion movie
January 01, 2000
It's a howl from the heart, a relentlessly involving movie that gives a kid every reason to believe that he or she can come of age.
May 22, 2004
Few films understand the fantasies of the would-be outsider-turned-icon quite as well, while remaining in a realistic setting.
November 03, 2005
Fast paced with a satisfyingly unhappy ending.
May 27, 2016
As a movie, 'Pump Up the Volume' is a lot like a teenager: at times unbearably self-important and pretentious (Nora's poems, good lord), yet undeniably, and admirably, earnest.
February 09, 2006
The perfectly cast Slater effectively propels the film, his intensity and dry delivery giving it a definite edge, as does a soundtrack which includes Ice T, Concrete Blonde and the Cowboy Junkies.
January 08, 2012
Sharply uneven, this teen-angst feature begins exgremely well with some relevant social commentary; it also put on the map Christian Slater as a talent to watch.