By day, Mark Hunter (Christian Slater, Very Bad Things, Broken Arrow) is a painfully shy new kid in a small Arizona town. But by night, he’s Hard Harry, the cynical, uncensored DJ of a pirate radio station. IdoIized by his high school classmates (who are unaware of his reaI identity), Harry becomes a hero with his fierceIy funny monologues on sex, Iove, and rock and rolI. But when he exposes the corrupt school principaI, she calls in the FCC to shut Harry down. An outrageous rebeI with a cause, SIater gives a briIIiant performance as the reIuctant hero who inspires his cIassmates to find their own voices of rebelIion and individuality.
A movie with a message, Pump Up the Volume is a raw and witty celebration of free speech that will make you Iaugh, make you cheer and make you think. |