Rock And Rule

Rock And Rule (1983)

  • 72% of users liked it
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A rock & roll singer searches for eternal life in this animated musical fantasy set in a post-nuclear dystopia. Similar to the earlier Heavy Metal (1981) in tone, this film attempts to incorporate mythical themes and mutant beings with music by Cheap Trick, Deborah Harry, Iggy Pop, and other popular… More

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Jun 1, 1983 Wide
MGM Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Kevin A. Ranson, MovieCrypt.com

    ... hints at a grander finished product if more time and money had been available.

  • David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews

    ...unpleasant and underwhelming...

  • Keith Breese, Filmcritic.com

    Rock & Rule is a masterpiece of outré animation and wildly ambitious vision and remains a triumph in animated feature film.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Lafe F


    A classic animated comic-book Rock adventure! Great songs by Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Cheap Trick, Debbie Harry and others. It's a great fantasy science fiction setting with rockers, a demon, heavy ogre guards, a beautiful singer and her devoted band. It's a fun ride with mature… More

  • Tim S


    I see the appeal, just not a big of fan of this one. I do love Bakshi though.

  • Duncan R


    It was equal parts good, and equal parts bad. The voice acting was atrocious, the animation was good. The heroes were annoying, the villain was totally awesome. The story was pretty weak, the music was fantastic (seriously, if there's a soundtrack album for this movie out there,… More

  • Ed Fucking H


    An alright Canadian made, poor man's Heavy Metal. Thts not to say that this isn't good, it's just not great, and throughout the whole thing I kind of wished I was watching Heaby Metal or a Ralph Bakshi flick. The story was pretty cheesy, and the music dates this movie… More

  • Remi L


    Eh, it was alright. It was an excuse for me to hear old rock music to old school hand-drawn animation.

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