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A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.
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K.C. Collins
- Hogie Hogarth
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Not Real Bad
Interesting story about a soldier in a war who misses out on saving the life of a young girl from the enemy and is haunted by this event, even though he did save many other captive children. The film flashes a head and this soldier is now a teacher in a high school that is managed mostly by policemen patrolling the hallways, bathrooms and even class rooms. In other words, the High School is a prison and most of the kids pay very little attention to their teachers or principal. Dolph Lundgren,(Sam Decker) plays the soldier/school teacher and decides he is going to quit teaching and go into another field. However, the principal asks him to have a Detention Class as his last duty as a teacher. It is at this point in the film when all Hell breaks loose and the story becomes a complete BOMB. Try to enjoy it, if you decided to View IT !
I like it!
I'm not sure where this genre got it's start. 'Blackboard Jungle'? It's also reminiscent of Tom Berenger's 'Substitute 1' and '2'.
Dolph's lean, and in top form, as he takes on recalcitrant students and a gang that's bent on taking over the high school.
The gang members have lots of strangely colored hair, assorted tattoos and body piercings, if you like that sort of thing, but when they shoot they can't seem to hit anything.
I especially enjoyed watching the thug on a motorcycle in a high school hallway who could neither catch nor hit with a machine gun a cripple running away in a wheel chair.
Grab the popcorn and settle back for an hour and a half of not too serious fun.
Dolph's lean, and in top form, as he takes on recalcitrant students and a gang that's bent on taking over the high school.
The gang members have lots of strangely colored hair, assorted tattoos and body piercings, if you like that sort of thing, but when they shoot they can't seem to hit anything.
I especially enjoyed watching the thug on a motorcycle in a high school hallway who could neither catch nor hit with a machine gun a cripple running away in a wheel chair.
Grab the popcorn and settle back for an hour and a half of not too serious fun.
My oh my...
DETENTION
You know it is never a good sign when you can honestly say the best actor in the movie is Dolph Lundgren.
This film is bad... the story is nothing new. The acting was terrible. and there were so many things in this film that were so pathetic is was unbelievable. I mean, the bad guys looked like they belonged in Layztown. They could not shoot a non moving target, let alone students running away from them.
There was one scene where it felt like the A-Team. The students were hiding out in the Gym at their school, but in the gym just so happened to be an archery set all ready for them.
I still don't fully understand why the bad guys were in the school in the first place.
Honestly, this is a really bad B movie... funny in places, but not for the right reasons.
I will give this film 4 out of 10.
Dolph is lucky Stallone even called him for the Expendables after this film.
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You know it is never a good sign when you can honestly say the best actor in the movie is Dolph Lundgren.
This film is bad... the story is nothing new. The acting was terrible. and there were so many things in this film that were so pathetic is was unbelievable. I mean, the bad guys looked like they belonged in Layztown. They could not shoot a non moving target, let alone students running away from them.
There was one scene where it felt like the A-Team. The students were hiding out in the Gym at their school, but in the gym just so happened to be an archery set all ready for them.
I still don't fully understand why the bad guys were in the school in the first place.
Honestly, this is a really bad B movie... funny in places, but not for the right reasons.
I will give this film 4 out of 10.
Dolph is lucky Stallone even called him for the Expendables after this film.
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Not bad, in fact... The venue was exploited well
I mean the school premises and its different rooms like chemistry class, assembly room, long passageways... And selection of actors was better than in most low-budget action movies - apart from Dolph Lundgren, there were some other outstanding personalities (Alex Karzis, Kata Dobo).
In spite of constant gunshots-bursts that almost never hit, and neurotic activities, the scenes began to develop and make sense as the movie went on. And the good ones had their tragic as well. Thus, as a whole, Detention-movie was not totally blunt and predictable, although several actions lacked logic and looked ridiculous (not Lundgren-related, however). But if you have 1,5 hours to kill and not fond of flaking out in front of screen, then this movie is just OK. Not a profound experience, but a kind of violent entertainment.
In spite of constant gunshots-bursts that almost never hit, and neurotic activities, the scenes began to develop and make sense as the movie went on. And the good ones had their tragic as well. Thus, as a whole, Detention-movie was not totally blunt and predictable, although several actions lacked logic and looked ridiculous (not Lundgren-related, however). But if you have 1,5 hours to kill and not fond of flaking out in front of screen, then this movie is just OK. Not a profound experience, but a kind of violent entertainment.
Did you know
- TriviaThe screenplay had originally been written in the mid-late eighties, with Paul Lynch intending to direct.
- Quotes
Chester Lamb: Shoot them, Viktor! Shoot them in the bum!
- ConnectionsReferenced in Detention: An Afta' Skool Special (2004)
- SoundtracksWho's that
Performed by Shades of Culture
Written by Orion Curiel and Justin Philips
Published by The Union Label Group
Courtesy of The Union Label Group
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- 1h 38m(98 min)
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