Stunt Rock (1978)

★ 5.3 1h 26m IMDb

Action Drama Music

Australian stuntman Grant Page goes to Los Angeles to work on a television series. He uses his spare time to lend his expertise to rock band Sorcery. Page helps the band develop pyrotechnic magic tricks for their shows, and also recounts to his own exploits as a stuntman and daredevil as well as various stunts by other greats.

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Grant Page as Grant Page Died 2024 · Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Legendary and eccentric Australian stuntman who worked on the Mad Max movies..

Monique van de Ven as Monique van de Ven Age 73 · Zeeland, North Brabant, Netherlands Monica Maria Theresia "Monique" van de Ven is a Dutch stage and screen actress and director. She made her film debut in "Turkish Delight" (1973)..

Richard Blackburn as The Agent

Phil Hartman as Monique's Assistant Died 1998 · Brantford, Ontario, Canada Philip Edward Hartman (né Hartmann; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-born American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada,...

Yana Nirvana as The TV Director's AD Age 72

Director Brian Trenchard-Smith

Cast Grant Page, Monique van de Ven, Margaret Gerard, Paul Haynes, Curtis Hyde, Greg Magie, Smokey Huff, Richie King, Perry Morris, Doug Loch

JPV852 5/10 May 29, 2022

Interesting mix of stunts and music that has its moments, mostly seeing the stuntwork while the music segments pretty much played the entire song and ran a little long. There's no real plot or character development and might try some people's patience, but will say Grant Page has his charms even if he isn't much of an actor. **2.5/5**

Wuchak 6/10 Sep 19, 2022

**_A marriage of 70’s stunt work and 70’s theatrical rock_**

Popular Australian stuntman Grant Page travels to Los Angeles to work on a TV series and helps a fantasy-themed rock group with special effects & stunts for their live show. Meanwhile he develops a relationship with a journalist (Margaret Gerard).

"Stunt Rock" (1978) contains interesting info on stunt work and its history with several entertaining stunt sequences, including myriad flashbacks to Grant’s last several movies, but it gives equal time to the real-life band Sorcery (not the group from Chicago), their songs and concerts.

The story that links these two is given short shrift and the band members are clearly musicians/entertainers, not actors (in other words, they’re noticeably wooden). Page does fine as long as he’s working with real actors as opposed to the band members.

Sorcery’s music is a meshing of 70’s bands like Alice Cooper, Sweet, Zeppelin, Styx and Boston, just hampered by vestiges of Woodstock, if you know what I mean. They later did the soundtrack for the heavy metal slasher “Rocktober Blood” (1984) in which they adapted their style to the early 80’s metal scene, improving their sound with songs like “I’m Back” and “Killer on the Loose” (check ’em out on Youtube).

Monique van de Ven from the Netherlands joins statuesque Margaret on the female front as an actress on the show Grant is working on.

As a documentary on 70’s stunt work, this is entertaining enough, but I had enough of Sorcery’s music & performances by about the 55-minute mark. They’re no slouches, they’re just not on the level of Alice Cooper or Kiss to maintain the viewer’s attention, as far as 70’s concerts go.

The film runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles and Sydney.

GRADE: B-