"Class of 1984" must be the grandfather of all those 'teacher gets victimized by students and has to take matters into his/her own hands' flicks we have all come to know and love. ("The Substitute," "187," "Dangerous Minds," etc...) The teacher in this one is played by a rather wimpy guy who gets harassed by a group of 'punks' who throw around the N word and base their operations in the back room of a shady punk rock hole in the wall club. Gosh, how scary! The dude ends up being tortured by these punks, led by Tim Van Patten, who went on to direct several episodes of "The Sopranos." Timmy is not very scary, but he pulls off the roll okay because he is pretty likable as a punk rocker. The others in his gang include a fat boy who wears swastika t-shirts, a super pale blondish chick, a psycho dude who likes playing with chains and various other undesirables.
If you have seen films like "Tenament: Game of Survival" or "1990: The Bronx Warriors," "Class of 1984" will not bring you anything you haven't seen before. The last 15 minutes definitely redeem it. I was beginning to get sleepy about halfway through.
5 out of 10, kids.
If you have seen films like "Tenament: Game of Survival" or "1990: The Bronx Warriors," "Class of 1984" will not bring you anything you haven't seen before. The last 15 minutes definitely redeem it. I was beginning to get sleepy about halfway through.
5 out of 10, kids.