Pump Up the Volume

Mark Hunter. By day, he's a painfully shy high school student. By night, he's Happy Harry Hard-on. An obscene pirate radio DJ entertaining the youth and exasperating the administration of Hubert Humphrey High. Much like Heathers, Pump Up the Volume is a perfect vehicle for Christian Slater's talents. It gives him an opportunity to portray a wide range of emotions, from shy sensitivity to snarky bravado. He gets long, ranting monologues and a shirtless scene where he makes out with Samantha Mathis. Pump Up the Volume also has a great soundtrack: Pixies, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Leonard Cohen, Richard Hell, Ice-T, and so on and so on and so on. If they remade this movie today, Mark would probably be a podcaster.

Rating: 72%

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