Demolition University (Video 1999)

A college student and his friends try to thwart a deranged war veteran's plan to poison the city's water supply.

Director:

Kevin Tenney

Writer:

Steve Jankowski

Stars:

Corey Haim, Ami Dolenz, Laraine Newman

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Corey Haim	...	Lenny Slater
Ami Dolenz	...	Jenny
Laraine Newman	...	Professor Harris
Todd Allen	...	Max
Erin Beaux	...	Bruce McGuinness
Robert Forster	...	Gentry
Khrystyne Haje	...	Diane Woods
Joe Skorpen	...	Abdul
Michele Maika	...	Elia
Kahlil G. Sabbagh	...	Faddem
Bernard White	...	Momad
Joe Lala	...	Carlos Ramos
Michael Kayem	...	Mohammed
Rene Rivera	...	Kalmed
Eric Saiet	...	Power Worker #1

Storyline

A college student and his friends try to thwart a deranged war veteran's plan to poison the city's water supply.

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Plot Keywords:

college student | student | poison | war veteran | exploding car | 

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 February 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

Demolition U

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sunset Films International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Demolition High (1996)

User Reviews

Corey blimey - this isn't very good.....

Demolition University, a movie with very little demolition and five minutes of university. But we get plenty of Corey Haim.

The story is relatively straightforward. An American football player (Corey Haim) fails to catch a ball. Understandably, his angry team mates are enraged and decide to beat him up. However, they are prevented from doing so because they have to go and take a shower. After the lads have freshened up they chase Corey onto a yellow bus where he, the love-interest-girl and chief jock-baddie go on a field trip to a power plant. Unbeknownst to Corey and the gang, this power plant has been taken over by a renegade special forces soldier and a group of over-acting Arab terrorists. This ultimately leads to a game of cat and mouse between the terrorists, police and Corey Haim. At the centre of the chaos is a small glass jar of toxic liquid.

This is not a great film, in fact it could be argued that this is a rubbish film. If you are going to have any hope of enjoying this you will need to look out for the little details. For example, there is one terrorist in a checked shirt who I shall refer to as Shouting Man. Shouting Man appears to be unable to pull the trigger of his assault rifle without shouting very very loudly. Watch him. It's hysterical. He's an idiot.

Robert Forster turns up and sleepwalks through his performance. I guess he needed money for a new shed. Corey Haim tries his best but unfortunately he is Corey Haim. And he is clearly lost without Feldman. Although the relationship between Haim and the bad-jock reminded me of the chemistry between Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer in Top Gun. I was massively disappointed that they didn't use the line 'you can be my quarterback'.

Strictly for die-hard Haimsters.