Detention (2003)

A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writers:

Paul Lynch (story), John Sheppard

Stars:

Dolph Lundgren, Alex Karzis, Kata Dobó

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dolph Lundgren	...	Sam Decker
Alex Karzis	...	Chester Lamb
Kata Dobó	...	Gloria Waylon
Corey Sevier	...	Mick Ashton
Dov Tiefenbach	...	Willy Lopez
K.C. Collins	...	Hogie Hogarth (as Chris Collins)
Mpho Koaho	...	Jay Tee Barrow
Larry Day	...	Earl Hendorf
Jennifer Baxter	...	Margo Conroy
Danielle Hampton	...	Alicia Roberts
Nicole Dicker	...	Charlee Turkle
Joseph Scoren	...	Viktor
Mif	...	Alek
Roy Lewis	...	Lyle Neeson
Shawn Roberts	...	Corey Washington

Storyline

Hamilton High is no place for a teacher who cares. Teacher Sam Decker doesn't care anymore. He's quitting. Sam marks his last day in the battleground of public education by getting saddled with the detention class after hours, playing warden to a pack of rebellious students, the worst troublemakers in school. But Hamilton High is about to become an all too real battleground when a well-organized group of killers armed with automatic weapons and explosives invade the supposedly deserted school after hours to use it as an operating base for meticulously planned armored car robbery. Led by the brilliant and sadistic Chester Lamb, the invaders are surprised to discover Sam and the kids from the detention room are still inside the school. The hunt is on as the killers ruthlessly stalk the teacher and students through the school's halls and classrooms, while Lamb tracks them on the surveillance cameras, turning the school's security system against his prey. Sam and the kids band together ...

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Plot Keywords:

school | teacher | detention | high school | survival | 

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Taglines:

Soldier...teacher...hero!

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence and language, and for some drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment GFT Entertainment

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English Hungarian

Release Date:

5 September 2003 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Detention - Die Lektion heißt Überleben!

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD 5,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nu Image Films, GFT Entertainment, GFT Detention Films Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The screenplay had originally been written in 1993, with Paul Lynch intending to direct.

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Quotes

Chester Lamb: Don't go away mad, Earl, just go away.

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Connections

References First Blood (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Head Down"
Performed by Feebo
Written by Amir Epstein

User Reviews

Man, this is a bad movie

To slightly correct my summary line: It's not all bad. It begins portraying a High-School in what I can, as a European Citizen, a very bad neighborhood. Every Kid has an attitude. Well after a phone call it gets clear that Lundgren got a very good offer for another job in a good neighborhood. So he gives his resignation immediately. The Pricipal sticks him with Detention for some very bad kids. Well then some drug dealers arrive and are planning a big deal and have a good plan for an exit. Which would by the way be totally unnecessary in real live and is completely a lot of stress for nothing.. I don't know why they planned that. Well what shall I say.. Bad guys in the school (since they want to make there drug deal there because they think nobody would suspect anything). Well guess what: Dolph Lundren and the brats (well older ones but still brats) unite to get out of school alive. In the beginning nobody likes anyone else but then.. well guess what.. They find a way to work together and do what is always being done. Kill one of the bad guys after the next. Since the badguys wisely go around alone... They would have a much greater chance if they went together in higher numbers they could take their enemies. But of course then the kids couldn't take them and the movie would be a lot shorter. But now: 1 Guy against some kids plus sometimes Dolph when he is not alone doing, well what he does.. Oh and I forgot: In the real beginning.. when the DVD Player says: 00:00:01 you begin to see him as part of a special unit in bosnia ten years ago where he is helping children out of a building that's going to be bombed. But with one kid he is too late, the kid is taken by a terrorist.. Well after that it switches to the school and so it begins... regards, Stephan from Austria But: It's not boring to watch.. you just have to sit there and watch. You don't have to think.. If you are looking just to be entertained, well this movie is kinda like Die Hard, but cheaper.