Product Details

• Actors: Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, Peter Tosh, Errol Brown, Manley Buchanan
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mvd Visual
• DVD Release Date: June 21, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0008G2IFG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,610 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

When local gangsters try to stop the budding career of a struggling reggae musician turned record distributor, fellow musicians band together to thwart their criminal plans.
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Media Type: DVD
Artist: ROCKERS-25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Title: ROCKERS-25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Street Release Date: 06/21/2005
Domestic
Genre: REGGAE COLLECTIONS

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cinema Verite Look at the Art of Creative Survival in JA, June 5, 2000

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whatevery (go brooklyn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rockers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Rockers is a rough, rugged and raw look at Jamaica in the mid 70s, a time of extreme political unrest and economic desparation.

Horsemouth (played by real life musician, Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace) is a Kingston drummer, known to be one of the best session players around. But times are hard inna the ghetto and Horsemouth can't get enough work to feed his children. After he convinces his very patient wife to give him her life savings, he purchases a motorcycle and travels the island as an independent promoter, distributing the hottest reggae tunes to the record stores starved for the latest rhythms. Everything is going smoothly until Horsemouth accidently stumbles upon a massive burglary ring run by some shady "mafia boy" businessmen.

But no worries, Rasta cyaan fail. With the help of his musical bredren (including Gregory Isaacs, Burning Spear, Jacob Miller, and a host of other reggae legends) Horsemouth triumphs in the end.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cinema verite look at the art of creative survival in JA, March 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Rockers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Rockers is a rough, rugged and raw look at Jamaica in the mid 70s, a time of extreme political unrest and economic desparation.

Horsemouth (played by real life musician, Leroy 'Horsemouth' Wallace) is a Kingston drummer, known to be one of the best session players around. But times are hard inna the ghetto and Horsemouth can't get enough work to feed his children. After he convinces his very patient wife to give him her life savings, he purchases a motorcycle and travels the island as an independent promoter, distributing the hottest reggae tunes to the record stores starved for the latest rhythms.

Everything is going smoothly until Horsemouth accidently stumbles upon a massive burglary ring run by some shady "mafia boy" businessmen.

But no worries, Rasta cyaan fail. With the help of his musical bredren (including Gregory Isaacs, Burning Spear, Jacob Miller, and a host of other reggae legends) Horsemouth triumphs in the end.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, September 11, 2005

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Stephen C. (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rockers - 25th Anniversary Edition (DVD)

I loved Rockers. Authentically captures the magic of Rasta and the Reggae scene at its heyday. Great acting, delighful and chaotic Jamaican dialogue, and well filmed. The musical performances are just awesome, especially the hauntingly beautiful acapella version of Jah No Dead by a young Burning Spear.
The patois glossary in the extras is fun if a bit cheesy, and although the interview with the director is a bit slow it is still interesting for its insight into the Jamaican music scene at the time.
This film is a one of a kind and very satisfying for lovers of Reggae, Rasta and Jamaica.