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Punk Can Take It

Punk Can Take It (1979)

December. 30,1979
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6.6
| Comedy Documentary Music War

Julien Temple's wartime documentary parody "Punk Can Take It" (1979) - a theatrically released promo for the UK Subs, complete with narration by BBC voice-over veteran John Snagge - paints a glorious picture of England in a punk rock "identity crisis". Punk morale was higher than ever before. Punks were fused together not by fear, but by a surging spirit of revenge, immortality, and the courage never to submit or yield. This proved that punk won't go away and that punks themselves are becoming younger and nastier everyday. They have no time for the precarious thrills of nostalgia nor for its trivial rules.

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BootDigest
1979/12/30

Such a frustrating disappointment

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FirstWitch
1979/12/31

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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Erica Derrick
1980/01/01

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Philippa
1980/01/02

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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