Pump Up The Volume (DVD)

Pump up the volume is a comedy/ drama and was released in 1990 by New Line Cinema. Pump up the volume didn't do well at all at the box office and only made $1.6 million during the opening weekend but went on to have more success through DVD sales and rentals and also won an award at the Seattle International Film Festival, beating the festival favourite. Mark Hunter is a new kid in a small town in Arizona, who is desperately missing the city. At school he is a loner, and extremely quiet and reserved but by night he is someone completely different. Mark runs a pirate radio station from his bedroom in the basement and calls him self 'Hard Harry' or 'Happy Harry ...  Read the complete review

This is a genuine film that encourages the expression of opinion and which understands the ideology of the young (John Hughes-style). It speaks to the buried passion of the rebellious young individual struggling to speak out and touch people (to be touched)..... Shy guy at high school exerts his own brand of cool over a pirate radio station at night as 'Hard Harry' and wins popularity and power, in sharp contrast to his everyday personality. Ultimately, with the help of a new fan and girlfriend, he gains confidence and respect and makes a stand for youth culture against oppressive and misunderstanding adults. Christian Slater revels in ...  Read the complete review

For Mark Hunter, moving to Arizona was one of the worst things that could have ever happened to him - not only did he lose many of his friends but he also found himself in a school where there is corruption, students are scared to say what they really think. In the day time, Mark (Played by Christian Slater) is a shy boy, looking at him it is hard to imagine that a few hours later this innocent looking boy turns into "Hard Harry", a rebel pirate DJ. Each night Hard Harry lights up the airways with his humour, becoming a role model for many of the kids of the sleepy town in Arizona. Some adults are disgusted by him, but many of the teenagers ...  Read the complete review

When your young, it's easy to be idealistic. I think that is the purpose of being young. To have a rose colored view of the world. Because all too soon reality creeps in when your not looking. And suddenly your caught up in a world of car payments, jobs and bills. I remember me and my friends sitting around discussing how we were going to change the world, make it better. Things were going to be different when we were in charge! Then we went our seperate ways and left our poetic plans behind to grow up and become accountants and postal workers. This movie had a voice. A voice of a generation. It told us that we were free to make what we wanted of the world. ...  Read the complete review

Christian Slater at his best!!! Another hilarious teen movie bought alive with Slaters charisma. Hard Harry AKA Mark Hunter runs a pirate radio station from his bedroom and is championed by hundreds of listeners from his school as some kind of idol. What his listeners don’t realise is that the DJ that provides them with one man (!) skits about sex etc and rocking music is actually the geekiest boy in school. Through the radio show, Hard Harry encourages his fellow pupils to stand up for what they believe in and speak out. A funny, funny film. ...  Read the complete review