Revenge of the Mekons

Name: Revenge of the Mekons
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 29, 2014
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 77

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Music Box Films | Release Date: October 29, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: Born out of the 1977 British punk scene, the Mekons progressed from a group of socialist art students with no musical skills to the prolific, raucous progeny of Hank Williams. Joe Angio’s documentary reveals how, four decades into a still-evolving career, the Mekons continue to make original, genre-defying music while surmounting obstaclesBorn out of the 1977 British punk scene, the Mekons progressed from a group of socialist art students with no musical skills to the prolific, raucous progeny of Hank Williams. Joe Angio’s documentary reveals how, four decades into a still-evolving career, the Mekons continue to make original, genre-defying music while surmounting obstacles that would derail most bands. [Music Box Films]… Expand

Director: Joe Angio

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Stephanie Zacharek

Oct 28, 2014

What Angio captures, beautifully, is that the Mekons make great music because, together and apart, they’re so alive to the world around them. Read full review

Jason Heller

Oct 29, 2014

The film's strength lies in just how far it's willing to go-and to not go-in the pursuit of mythologizing its subject, a group of aging but unrepentant punks who treat the very idea of mythology like a bad joke. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Oct 28, 2014

The film is both a generous primer on the band, which grew out of the punk movement in Leeds, England, in 1977, and a celebration of its longevity. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Oct 29, 2014

In a way, this marvelous movie does show that the Mekons have declined, because they’ve become the one thing punk rockers never ever want to be: lovable. Read full review

Mary Houlihan

Apr 16, 2015

A contagious enthusiasm runs through the heart of Jon Angio’s Revenge of the Mekons, a documentary that celebrates and explores the evolving ethos of the seminal British punk band The Mekons while also proving that some of rock’s most interesting stories come not from success but survival. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Godfrey Cheshire

Nov 1, 2014

If the most engaging and satisfying documentaries about musical acts tend to come from filmmakers who are smart, passionate fans, that rule perhaps applies doubly when the subject is obscure rather than world-famous. So it is with Revenge of the Mekons. Read full review

Kyle Anderson

Nov 6, 2014

Director Joe Angio presents the group's music with the contagious enthusiasm of a diehard, but exuberance is no substitute for storytelling, and Revenge of the Mekons is in desperate need of a narrative path. Read full review

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