Memorable, crazy movie

Better Late Then Never

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

This 1990 sci-fi film stars Bradley Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Traci Lind, Pam Grier, John P. Ryan, Patrick Kilpatrick and Stacy Keach. This takes place in Seattle and Gregg (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3) plays teen punk, Cody who is trying to stay clean from drugs and such. Soon, 3 High School teachers, Bryles (Kilpatrick), Connors (Grier) and Hardin (Ryan) make Cody suspicious because they're methods of discipline are extreme and he discovers they're androids. McDowell (Rob Zombie's Halloween) plays Principal Langford, Lind (Fright Night II) plays his daughter Christie and Keach (Escape from L.A.) plays Dr. Forrest, the creator of the androids. This isn't too bad, the cast is decent and the film obviously copies "The Terminator." Grier and Keach were also in "Escape from L.A." together 6 years later. I'd give this a view at least once.

Holy sh*t...if you only watch one horror this Halloween season...definitely make it this film!!! Class Of 1999 can be described as an amazingly perfect cheesy combination of The Warriors meets Mad Max & Punishment Park- with some Chopping Mall & Terminator on the side. Yes. It is that f*cking epic.Fully automatic gang warfare has broken out in Seattle, around Kennedy High, rendering it a "free fire zone" (meaning that police will not enter it...and there is no law). To counter this anarchic state of affairs, the US government has formed the Educational Department of Defense to step in and intervene with maximum security measures- including android teachers who dole out all manner of corporate punishment. They've also released a number of teenage criminals from jail, directly into the experimental schooling program...where zero tolerance is rule number one.Our protagonist is Cody,leader of the Blackhearts gang, who was offered clemency and released as part of this program. He's pretty reasonable compared to the rest of the punk kids at the school...which leads him to form a romantic relationship with the Principals daughter.After the battledroid teachers murder a couple of his friends, he catches a whiff of what is going on at the school. He tries to warn everybody and bring together rival factions in order to combat these unhuman psychopaths...but he has a hard time convincing them.That is until it becomes glaringly evident...cue the apocalyptic robot-human war.Turns out that these artificial intelligence androids were originally developed for warfare purposes, but then marketed to the government as a surefire way to address the youth and crime in and around America's major cities. And it seems the bots aren't absorbing their educational directives very well.This film is absolutely brilliant. There is not a single thing about this film that doesn't totally rule. It's a true cult classic.For what it is, there is a surprisingly well known cast, including Stacey Keach as the head of the DED program and Malcolm McDowell as the Principal and father of Cody's love interest.The special effects are downright, f*cking amazing. From the fight scenes to the robotic reveals. Everything about this is just awesome.And there are sooooo many great one liners.This is cheese perfected. Up there with Evil Dead 2 and AOD as a masterpiece of cult cinema. Must see.8.5 out of 10.

Robot teachers have been secretly placed in the schools where the students have run riot. The teachers do a good job of controlling the unruly youngsters, until they go too far with their punishments, and some students get suspicious.....Its proper exploitation stuff, and with a title like this has, what else were you expecting?Well I for one was expecting something that was going to be a lot more fun, and although it does have the odd moment of genius, it gets just a little too serious, and a little too Red Dawn for its own good come the end.The concept though is fantastic. We have a hilarious looking Stacy Keach, finding eighties fashion in the late nineties, and getting Jackie Brown, The Sandman from Death Warrant, and so e old bloke to work in the school as wannabe Terminators.There is a sub-plot featuring the guy returning to the school, from a ne'er do well family, who just happens to find out what is going on, who just happens to fancy the headmasters daughter, who just happens to be Malcom McDowell, who knows about everything, but seeing as he only did two days filming, let's just say he isn't in it for long.On paper, it sounds brilliant, and I love the directors other work. He provided me with Showdown In Little Tokyo, but this waste just.........well, boring really.It's all over the place, the one liners are bad, even for the eighties, and they have royally ripped off a certain Cyborg.Back in the day, I'm sure it was essential viewing for the university student, but now, 16 years after the title suggests, it feels old, and generic.

Pam Grier, Patrick Kilkpatrick and John P. Ryan have a laughably fun time playing three cybernetic military soldiers programmed as teachers in order to gain control of the widespread gang problem within the inner-city schools. Its 1999, and a 'Mad Max'-like environment is the stage for this violent science fiction shoot-em-up action film. Principal, Malcolm McDowell collaborates with crazy-eyed Stacy Keach to place robots disguised as the faculty to discipline juvenile delinquents, but the mechanical mentors eventually malfunction and revert back to their militaristic programming and target the gang-member youths as the enemy. Its a fight for survival as gang leader, Bradley Gregg and girlfriend, Traci Lind must kill or be killed while the trio hunts them down through the hallways and classrooms of the schoolhouse. Its an entertaining little romp with some good gore and non-stop action, and the effects get interesting when the cyborgs activate their "XT-6 Hardware" for the climatic battle. Class is definitely dismissed with Pam Grier as a real "bionic bitch", "killer Kilpatrick", and "raging robot Ryan" are prowling the campus, so you'd better have a hall-pass! The unrated version has a tad more gore, so true 'Terminator' students can get the most from their learning experience.