Pump Up the Volume

The story of a big city kid who relocates to a small town with his parents. He has really cool toys that allow him to broadcast his thoughts, and soon some folks start listening and responding to his outrageous music... Full review

I'm 28 now, but this film is still very important to me. PUTV is the best teen drama out there (though there aren't many to compete with it), it really grasps how so alone some teenagers can feel and how... Full review

Pump Up the Volume really deals with the issues of being a teenager, I think this movie is as great as The Breakfast Club. The movie starts out with Mark Hunter (Christian Slater) a.k.a. Hard Harry running a pirate radio... Full review

What a film!!, this is a film that very accurately represents how it feels to be unpopular, or the new kid in high school. Slater gained much respect from me for his terrific performance is Hard Harry, a new kid... Full review

This movie really captured not only the disillusionment and pain of adolescence but also the general malaise of our postmodern society. Also brought out the tension between media "for the people" and free speech vs. media polluting the people and... Full review

I loved this filmWhen I was 17 I first saw the second half of this movie on TV, the next day I scoured my local video shops to buy the film so that I could watch the first half.I know... Full review

When "Pump Up The Volume" came out in 1990, I wanted to BE Christian Slater. Now that it's already been twelve years since it was released, I still can't believe how well it's held up. Aside from a couple of... Full review

This is a good movie let down by uneven direction and 1-dimensional characters (besides the 2 leads). I would probably love this movie a lot, had I seen it when it came out in 1990. Now, the teenage angst (Slater's... Full review

pump up the volume is one of the best teen movies of the 90's! it's smart,and very thought-provoking. this is the second most thought-provoking teen movie of all time. second only to the breakfast club. pump up the volume is... Full review

This film works. Unlike most teenage fair, it doesn't include a senior prom and doesn't require stereotyped (Brat pack) Characters to fill it's ranks. Hard Harry is real. The people in the film are real. Allen Moyle's direction while full... Full review

Writer-director Allan Moyle ( Times Square ) is trying to make big statements about the lethargy of youth and what strong music and talk can do to shock youth awake. 586 9-6-90 Christian Slater has been frittering away his talent lately in such junk as The Wizard, Tales From the Darkside and Young Guns II. ... Full Review

An angst-powered teen anthem, "Pump Up the Volume" revels ecstatically in the woes of growing up alienated, frustrated and sexually obsessed. Slater, the sly delinquent of "Heathers," is now the brazen Hard Harry, a k a Mark Hunter, a shy New Yorker who has recently moved with his sellout parents to Paradise Valley, Ariz. ... Full Review