Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest

2021 Documentary
65%

Kim Cannon Arm is not your average grandpa. With killer hand-eye coordination and a mean mullet, he's a legendary fixture at Copenhagen's Bip Bip Bar, and renowned for playing the 80s arcade game Gyruss for 49 hours straight on a single coin. With help from his buddies at the bar, a community of heroic outsiders who support one another no matter what, Kim attempts to obliterate his previous record and play for 100 consecutive hours (four days!).

Our Review

by Brian Lloyd
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'Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest' is a dense and quirky documentary

Kim 'Kanonarm' Købke is a Danish chemist and grandfather during the day, but at night, he is a world-class arcade player and is on his way to setting a record for playing 'Gyruss' for 100 hours straight. Together with a crew of fellow arcade players and misfits, Kim's quest to leave his mark on the world goes through some strange and wonderful pathways...

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