Rock & Rule
Rock & Rule
PG | 15 April 1983 (USA)
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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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Cebalord

Very best movie i ever watch

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AniInterview

Sorry, this movie sucks

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Claysaba

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

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CommentsXp

Best movie ever!

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Jesper Brun

I must admit that I mostly enjoyed watching Rock & Rule. I was not at all surprised when I found out it has a cult-following it is as cult as can be. The premise for the story is really interesting. The setting in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by mutants of dogs, cats and mice makes this a unique movie. The atmospheric musical score and the stylised animation only makes it better. Those were the good things in this movie and they really steal the show, because aside from the villainous Mok, the characters are not that interesting. Omar is too self-absorbed to make us sympathise with him in general. He is just your generic rock n' roll douche. The story is a little messy and does not flow as well as it could, but I stated that the movie in general is a mixed. The stylised animation, the sometimes disturbing images and the spectacular climax outweigh those flaws. It is definitely worth watching if you want an experience.

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ericdrooster

It's 'Fritz the Cat' meets 'The Devil and Daniel Mouse' meets 'Heavy Metal' I was astounded at the level of animation and love that went into this film. I can't even believe that I had never heard of it before watching it now in 2016. It is absolutely 80's "retrotastic", with the soul of 'Fritz the Cat', the animation and story of 'The Devil and Daniel Mouse' and the atmosphere of 'Heavy Metal'. Anyone who loves the 80's and the animation it brought, of the likes of, Don Bluth, Ralph Bakshi and the team of animators from 'Heavy Metal' and the Nelvana animation production house, will love this film.Also, with Don Francks (Dr. Claw on Inspector Gadget 1983) as Mok; and Lou Reed as the singing voice in "My name is Mok", is freaking awesome.Cheap Trick also played many of the heavy tracks of the film which seals the deal with this film's immortality, and makes it a "must own" for 80's lover's. Gotta say if you love the 80's and have never seen it, why are you not watching it now. Seriously, wth are you waiting for.

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Fade Dragontear

Rock and rule also known as the ring of power in the UK is a 1983 Canadian animated film created by the Nelvana company. Legend has it that Nelvana was approached to create a segment for Heavy Metal but declined instead opting to create their own feature length film. Legend also has it that it failed so epically that the studio almost went bankrupt because of it. So lets take a look at Rock and Rule.We are introduced firstly to our villain Mok, An egotistical rock star who looks and acts like the result of a hot night of passionate love making between Mick Jagger and David Bowie. The Plot exposition computer explains that he is seeking something called the Armageddon key, and that he will need a voice to open a gateway to another dimension.We cut into Ohmtown and are introduced to our protagonists, members of a smalltime band playing gigs at a open mike night. Its around this point in the movie you might be asking yourself why everyone looks like rejects from the goofy movie, iunno, anyway there's the vocal duo of Omar, Angel backed up by the musical accompaniment of Dizzy and Stretch.Without doing a scene by scene analysis Mok invites the band to his mansion to discuss a record contract, but we quickly learn where his interests lie when he instead kidnaps angel and its up to Omar and the gang to pursue mok to Nuke York to rescue her.This film seems very confused as to who they are aiming for, it has a very child friendly Disney-esque look but with adult content such as drug abuse, some brief nudity and adult language mixed in.The villain Mok also seems seriously confused about his role, hes extremely menacing in some pretty scary ways but he has this super campy "ohhh I'm the villain" song and he goes from looking like a stereotypical 80s rock star to lookin like a F***in California raisin on extacy somewhere along the way.animation is very good with lots of fluid movements and eyecandy for the viewer, compared to other animation of the time it comes out quite well. Its like the flipper baby result of a passionate night of love making between Heavy Metal and Disney which seem like polar opposites but in this case it actually works in this films favor.The high points of this film are definitely the musical scenes with awesome soundtrack contributions from greats like cheap trick, Debbie Harry and Lou Reed and earth wind and fire. As mentioned before this film was a huge flop making only 30 grand of its 8 million dollar budget according to IMDb, did it deserve better? I think so. While not quite on the level of classics like heavy metal, I find it to be an enjoyable film worth bringing up over 30 years later.So that's my short look at Rock & Rule, if you would like to see the video version of the review it can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUzRnHnFTOo

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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.

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