Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
A raucous, affectionate chronicle of the cousins whose Cannon Films turned cinematic ambition into gloriously excessive B-movie spectacle.
Overview
Dive into the wild world of 1980s Hollywood, where creativity and chaos collide in the pursuit of cinematic glory.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- affectionate
- nostalgic
- film club viewing
- 1980s nostalgia night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the documentary as an affectionate, highly entertaining retrospective on Cannon Films that can be more enjoyable than many of the studio’s own productions.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film celebrates Cannon Films’ passion and spectacle while tracing how its ambitions contributed to the company’s demise.
Former Cannon performers and collaborators, including Molly Ringwald, Dolph Lundgren, Bo Derek, and Alex Winter, provide testimony alongside archival material.
Its subject is Cannon’s celebrated cycle of action, exploitation, and other high-concept productions, presented as a defining form of cinematic excess.
Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus’ movie obsession is directly connected to their methods of making and marketing films.
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Movie Details
- Director
- Mark Hartley
- Release Date
- 2014-10-06
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (181)
Cast
- Molly Ringwald
- Dolph Lundgren
- Bo Derek
- Alex Winter
- Richard Chamberlain
- Marina Sirtis
- Tobe Hooper
- Boaz Davidson
- Mimi Rogers
- Olivia D'Abo
Common questions
- What is Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films about?
- A raucous, affectionate chronicle of the cousins whose Cannon Films turned cinematic ambition into gloriously excessive B-movie spectacle.
- What is Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as mild.
- What did critics think of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films?
- Critics broadly praised the documentary as an affectionate, highly entertaining retrospective on Cannon Films that can be more enjoyable than many of the studio’s own productions.
- Which films are like Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films?
- Films with a similar feel include The Shark Is Still Working: The Legacy and Impact of Jaws, Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy, Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, and The Movies That Made Us.
- How long is Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films?
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films runs 107 minutes.
