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Bad Kids of Crestview Academy

  • 2017
  • R
  • 1h 40m
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4.7/10
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Sophia Ali, Samantha Hanratty, Erika Daly, Matthew Frias, and Colby Arps in Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017)
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5 high school students get Saturday detention. One tries to find her sister's killer. When hit by a computer virus, the school goes on lockdown and the killing continues.5 high school students get Saturday detention. One tries to find her sister's killer. When hit by a computer virus, the school goes on lockdown and the killing continues.5 high school students get Saturday detention. One tries to find her sister's killer. When hit by a computer virus, the school goes on lockdown and the killing continues.

  • Director
    • Ben Browder
  • Writers
    • Barry Wernick
    • James R. Hallam
  • Stars
    • Samantha Hanratty
    • Colby Arps
    • Sophia Ali
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    4.7/10
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    • Director
      • Ben Browder
    • Writers
      • Barry Wernick
      • James R. Hallam
    • Stars
      • Samantha Hanratty
      • Colby Arps
      • Sophia Ali
    • 24User reviews
    • 33Critic reviews
    • 22Metascore
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    Samantha Hanratty
    Samantha Hanratty
    • Siouxsie
    • (as Sammi Hanratty)
    Colby Arps
    Colby Arps
    • Blaine Wilkes
    Sophia Ali
    Sophia Ali
    • Faith Jackson
    • (as Sophia Taylor Ali)
    Erika Daly
    Erika Daly
    • Sara Hasegawa
    Matthew Frias
    Matthew Frias
    • Brian Marquez
    Ben Browder
    Ben Browder
    • Max Rainwater
    Sufe Bradshaw
    Sufe Bradshaw
    • Dr. Knight
    Ashlyn McEvers
    Ashlyn McEvers
    • Alyson Hess
    Ali Astin
    Ali Astin
    • Ethel
    • (as Alexandra Astin)
    Sean Astin
    Sean Astin
    • Headmaster Nash
    Drake Bell
    Drake Bell
    • Ben The Naked Wizard
    Gina Gershon
    Gina Gershon
    • Senator Wilkes
    Cameron Deane Stewart
    Cameron Deane Stewart
    • Matt Clark
    Scott Edward Logan
    Scott Edward Logan
    • Reverend Jackson
    Susana Gibb
    Susana Gibb
    • Mrs. Jackson
    Catherine Grady
    Catherine Grady
    • Mrs. Hasegawa
    Marcus DeAnda
    Marcus DeAnda
    • Mr. Marquez
    Molly May Rockwell
    • Concerned Bystander
    • (as Molly Rockwell)
    • Director
      • Ben Browder
    • Writers
      • Barry Wernick
      • James R. Hallam
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    • Trivia
      Although she made her feature film debut as a child in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), this marks the first time as a young adult that Ali Astin plays opposite her father Sean Astin in a feature film.
    • Quotes

      Headmaster Nash: Young man, take his cock out of your mouth.

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    User reviews24

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    3/10
    Cool effects and good production quality, but it's a big let down with a convoluted story
    Bottom line: I wanted to love this, but it was a let down. It might be worth the watch for the inventive effects if you're a fan of horror in general. The review is long because of how polarizing parts of the movie were.

    Bad Kids of Crestview Academy had the potential to be a smash hit, but in the end I was left frustrated and disappointed.

    I had low expectations going in, but they turned that around pretty fast with some very cool comic-book style effects. They use it for transitions, they use it for overlays, and they use it well. The first time it showed up I liked it, but was worried they wouldn't do much with it, and it just got better from there (mostly).

    • The production quality of the whole thing is good.


    • The actors are all alright, albeit overacted at times, but that's what you get/want/expect with these kinds of movies. They're all also attractive, which helps. I'm not a big fan of Sammi Hanratty, but I'm not sure why, and I'm not going to knock her for the performance.


    • The basic outline is good: it's a mystery/slasher with kids in detention. You *want* to wonder who did it as all the characters die off and the mystery reveals itself before a 'final girl' sequence. You *almost* get that.


    By the half way point I was having a good time and wondering why I hadn't heard more buzz about it, but that didn't carry through to the end.

    With all those things going so right, what went wrong? The needlessly convoluted story line(s)

    The broad strokes without specific info:
    • They start with a 'mystery' to even figure out what the backstory for the main character's motivations and they take way too long to give us enough information. After a while it felt like something that shouldn't really be a mystery to the audience at all. It was frustrating, but I overlooked it for the fun bits. If the main character had a better reason for being in detention, and we had some of the slow-rolled flash backs earlier then it would have made more sense for her to even be there.


    • They rush through the actual slasher/mystery portion dumping all the deaths into a very tight timeline and immediately tell us who the killer is with no mystery about it
    • Instead of ending the movie, they added a bunch of needless layers to the killer's motivation and then turn it into a (bad) action movie. They tried to have a lot of side stories, overlapping layers, and double crosses, but really they just constantly revealed new stuff in a way that made me say "alright, I guess that's a thing now". It didn't feel like I was finding out what was happening, it just felt like random new stuff was being thrown in.


    • They hint at a cool side story around the halfway mark, but then they don't touch it again until the end where they (very poorly) 'tie it in' to the main storyline and ruin it. They would have been better leaving it out completely.


    • Internal logic fell apart in more than a few places, which really stood out when they tried to stack up all the layers.


    With what they had already they could have cut out a big chunk of the over complicated story from the end, dropped it down to 90m, and slow-rolled the deaths to make me wonder who the killer was. They would have gotten a solid 7-8 stars. As it stand, I was torn between 3-4

    An added observation: I'm surprised I only saw one review mention this, but they made a big point in the dialogue to have a ton of references/jokes about the main character being Native American. I didn't find them to be offensive, and I'm not sure is anyone would, but it really sticks out like a sore thumb. The thing that made it stand out is that she is one of the two whitest people in the whole movie. It felt like they intended the actress to be obviously Native American, and should have chopped out the dialogue after casting Sammi Hanratty. Some examples are referring to her as an "Indian Princess" and her being "Tired of cleaning up after the white man".
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    • Release date
      • January 13, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bad Kids Go 2 Hell
    • Filming locations
      • Dallas, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • BKG2H Productions
      • Bad Kids
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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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