Rock & Rule

1983 "Sound you can see in the movie you can feel!"
6.4| 1h17m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 15 April 1983 Released
Producted By: United Artists
Country: Canada
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A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.

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Clive A. Smith

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United Artists

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Rock & Rule Audience Reviews

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.
Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
siderite I can't say that I enjoyed it, but the spirit of this animation is something that I will always appreciate. Weird hand drawn animation, rat and dog mutants singing 80's rock to bring forth demons in chaotic cities ruled by music and drugs, songs by Debbie Harry, Lou Reed, Earth Wind & Fire, Iggy Pop and others, the power of love conquering all... How can you not like this?The plot is very simple, fairy tale like, where the girl is captured by the evil villain and must be saved by her confused man and his merry band of sidekicks - that do all the work for him. The songs themselves are from an era long gone, but still enjoyable in that "we sing what we like" way that completely ignores the industry. It goes all over the place, switching from trippy to dead serious and from funny to horror.Bottom line: needs to be seen to be believed. For extra experience points. Make Canada great again! :)
TheLittleSongbird I have always loved animation, and would watch anything animated regardless of how good or bad it is. I did like Rock & Rule. It is not one of my favourite animated movies like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Secret of NIMH, Sleeping Beauty, Watership Down, Snow White, Prince of Egypt, Bambi, Pinocchio and The Iron Giant. But it is nowhere near one of the worst like Spiders Web: A Pig's Tale, Titanic: The Animated Movie, Legend of the Titanic, In Search of the Titanic, Space Thunder Kids, Secret of NIMH 2, Doogal, Ratatoing and Pokemon: The First Movie. Rock & Rule is problematic for me, with the exception of Mok the characters are not really all that interesting, Omar especially is very bland, and the story despite having a good premise is rather predictable and doesn't have much to it, for example we are aware of Mok's plan but we don't know why. The dialogue is a mixed bag, there are times where it is funny and with inspired quips but there are other points where it comes across as stilted. Conversely, the animation is great, the character designs are bizarre but quite unique and the backgrounds and colours are very atmospheric. The voice acting is good, and Mok is an interesting villain, the best character of the movie by default. I did enjoy the thrilling atmosphere conveyed during the songs. But the best part of Rock & Rule is easily the soundtrack, which is amazing. It has such a groove and takes you back to one of the most nostalgic eras. In conclusion, had room for improvement but a very interesting animated film. 7/10 Bethany Cox
machngunjoe I saw this when I was 5 or 6 and always remembered it as the Mok movie. I saw the remastered version and fell deeply in love with it all over again. This is a true underground cult animated classic. And all the Adult themes in it had me rolling on the ground laughing. Well for that matter it probably isn't a kids feature even though that's how I saw it... Who knew that was cocaine and pills the weird mutant dogs and rats were taking! The music is still great especially "I hate you" and the final song "angels song." The Movie was very very funny too, even by todays standards. The characters are unique and memorable. Anyway this movie blows "Heavy Metal" out of the water.Don't know if its for kids, but hey I turned out OK.
jmcnamara-1 Rock & Rule was this little gem from 1983 that you would call an underground masterpiece, combined with it's innovative animation techniques, use of early CG graphics (which STILL look good), and a brilliant soundtrack put together by some of the most legendary artists of that particular time period, it hit virtually every button necessary to become a classic.And to think this was the only cool movie Nelvana ever produced. But it earns points for the fact that it was not only a great animated film, but also because it was very different from all the cute fluffy stuff that was dominating the airwaves and took most of the spotlight, giving the entire medium a very crude reputation.Yes, it's such a shame the film didn't do that well at the box office when it first released in theaters, but in June 2005, it made a HUGE comeback, being released fully-remastered on DVD for the first time, proving that it stood the test of time much more steadily than it's fluffier counterparts.I mean, did the Care Bears, My Little Pony, or Rainbow Brite ever get such treatment when they were released on DVD? Hell no they didn't, they've been given the kiddie treatment, and will soon be back in the bargaining bin, while R&R can finally take the spotlight it so readily deserves.