A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with the delinquent leader of a punk posse that runs the school.
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Michael J. Fox
- Arthuras Arthur
- (as Michael Fox)
Erin Noble
- Deneenas Deneen
- (as Erin Flannery)
There's something strange going on at the graffiti-covered Lincoln High, as teachers are carrying loaded guns, and the students have to walk through a metal detector before they enter the classroom. Before long, the school's new music teacher, Andrew Norris, will learn firsthand that it's even worse than it looks, as the drug-plagued institution is the territory of the charismatic Peter Stegman and his brutal gang of crazed followers. Now, under those dire circumstances, it's only a matter of time before the professor and the pupil lock horns, with unforeseen consequences. But, do drastic times call for drastic measures? In the end, is there a cure for violence? —Nick Riganas
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Worth checking out again...
I kinda hated this film when it first came out, thinking that it was unrealistic and ultra-violent, what with the metal detectors at the entrances to the high schools and depictions of punks, etc...little did I know. This film, a kind of update of "Blackboard Jungle" by way of "Clockwork Orange" and "Death Wish" is a fascinating look at an urban high school controlled by punk gang leader Stegman (Timothy Van Patten). Perry King plays the new music teacher, and he gives a decent performance. Roddy McDowell steals the show as the biology instructor. His best scene -- pointing a gun at his students and threatening to kill them if they get the wrong answer to a science question! This film is extremely well made, a classic b-movie that is first rate compared to junk like "The Faculty" or any of the other awful "I Know What you Did Last Summer" type of teen flicks out these days...
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- chas77
- Feb 5, 1999
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