Film Review: Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest is a love letter to chasing high scores

"Kim himself is a monosyllabic grandfather still sporting a 70s-style ponytail, and his friends are a diverse group whose specialisations — poetry, engineering, Bach, quantum physics — all play their part in Kim’s quest."
Film Review: Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest is a love letter to chasing high scores

Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest for Caroline Delaney Declan Burke

★★★★☆

Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest (15A) is an offbeat documentary from Danish director Mads Hedegaard that follows Kim Kanoin (aka ‘Cannon Arm’) as he attempts to break the world record for playing the arcade video game Gyruss without a break.

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