"Across the country, every Friday and Saturday night, they gather in the temples to perform ceremonial dances to a rhythm that seems to reach back in time. It's called the beat." A quickie documentary, originally paired on a drive-in double bill with "Mondo Mod," claims to provide the lowdown on crazy teenage goings-on around the globe. We are shown glimpses of the Los Angeles Sunset Strip teen riots, The Paris student revolt, and the English mods and rockers running wild in Brighton. Things soon wind down to such critical issues of the day as go-go dancing, striped hip huggers, bikers, and surfing, all of which are seen to have worldwide popularity.
Towards the late-60's, a new breed of "rebellious teens" had supposedly emerged and as a result lot of great, fun movies were released on the exploitation circuit to give warning to "teenagers and straight people alike". Some of these gems include MONDO MOD, MALAMONDO and HIPPIE REVOLT. TEENAGE REBELLION is one of these films but in my eyes it is something of an individual. For one thing it's in black-and-white, has nothing to do with hippies and rather than just sticking to good ol' USA, we get to see rebellious teens from a whole lot of other parts of the world (mostly Europe).
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