Rock & Rule

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• Canada • 1983 • 77m •

• Directed by: Clive A. Smith. • Starring: Don Francks, Gregory Salata, Susan Roman, Samantha Langevin, Dan Hennessey, Greg Duffell, Chris Wiggins, Brent Titcomb, Donny Burns, Martin Lavut, Catherine Gallant, Keith Hampshire, Melleny Melody. • Music by: Patricia Cullen.

Angel, a member of a punk rock band in the apocoliptic future, is kidnapped by Mok, a legendary superocker. Obsessed with a dark experiment, Mok plans to use Angel's voice to summon a demon from another dimension. The rest of the band follows Mok to Nuke York in an attempt to get her back.

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My introduction to this film came through comic books. Marvel Comics put out their animated Super Specials of films in the early 80s (maybe they still do) which usually consisted of lackluster artwork on pulpy paper and a hatchet job to the plot. This one was different, though... perfectly glossy cover and pages, cels from the film with clear lettering over top, a section in the back focusing on how the film was made and who was involved... this was the movie and the supplementary materials on paper, baby! I was hooked, reread it dozens of times, and waited for the movie to come out... and waited... and waited...

several years later, we'd gotten a VCR and cable (remember when this was a big deal in the 80s, folks?) Would you believe what came on one afternoon on HBO? I can't remember what I taped over to put Rock & Rule on that tape, but I only missed the first 5 minutes. I was amazed at how little that comic left out of the movie... and amazed at how good this film was. This was the first time I'd seen an animated movie that was aimed towards adults. I was flat out blown away and hooked hard. It was because of this movie that I got into animation to begin with! I was able to see Heavy Metal a few years later (at a midnight show before it was available on video, no less) and was further impressed by Rock & Rule... at how much better the animation and plot were. I love Heavy Metal, but it's choppy at best in comparison.

Anyway, I reallllly wish that someone would have the gumption to go out there and make this happen on DVD. A Criterion edition would be gladly welcomed, 'cos I'm sure there plenty of stories to tell about it. I concur with whoever said it's probably the music that's keeping this from being released, though. The same thing kept Heavy Metal and American Pop out of circulation for years. While I'm sure sales for this film would be limited, it's obvious from these comments that there's a definite market for the movie. When are these record companies going to realize that earning a smaller percentage of something will be better than earning a bigger percentage of NOTHING? Oh, but that's logic... something management and executives find distasteful and irrelevant when stacked against pride. Oh well...

Bitter? Me? No... just want to smack my brother for taping over my copy of the movie later for some repeats of the A-Team or something. No big deal... Nope... None at all... he said I can just rent it and tape it again..

Review by insane_larry from the Internet Movie Database.

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