Class of 1999 (1990)
5/10
Android teachers enforce discipline at an inner-city school embroiled with gang activity
18 April 2019
Malcolm McDowell's high school principal attempts to demilitarise his high-school battle zone with android educators in this science fiction action thriller horror hybrid directed by Mark L. Lester, a follow-up to his controversial 1982 film Class of 1984. Stacy Keach (with albino eyes and hair) is Dr. Bob Forrest, the head of MegaTech who are experimenting by sending Terminator style robots in to High Schools which have been taken over by youth gangs. Pam Grier, Patrick Kilpatrick and John P. Ryan (who steals the show) are great as the out of control cyborgs. Featuring scenes filmed at an actual active prison, and practical effects done on set under the supervision of Eric Allard, who worked on Short Circuit, this is a fun picture that is way better than it should be. It even throws in an almost satirical look at the woes of modern education.
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