Class of 1999 (Review)

class_of_nineteen_ninety_nineIn the future year of 1999 our school system is in chaos. Armed gangs rule the hallways and school grounds, ripping students of their lunch money and worse, and threatening any adult and authority figure foolish enough to encroach in their turf.

The film doesn’t address why the suburbs and townships don’t seem to suffer the same problems, but that is probably for another film…

To remedy the situation the government sends in the super secret ‘take no shit’ robot teachers, one of whom is Pam Grier. They immediately flex their robo-muscles and prove their bonafides. The inevitable question remains… what if the robots go haywire?

Unfortunately only the robo-teachers seem to be in on the joke, hamming it up mercilessly throughout.

Eventually the kids – who dress like kids probably would without parental supervision and a lack of education – twig that something is up, although they seem to overlook a huge amount of obvious evidence beforehand.

But they fight back, and there is lots of fake blood and some mildly satisfying explosions to distract us from the fact that this is pretty formulaic b movie fare.

This is Red Dawn via Robocop in The Running Man’s backyard, with an ending that steals shot for shot from The Terminator, even ripping off the music.

Final Rating – 6 / 10. There are low budget films from the 80s and 90s worth defending, I find it hard to warrant including Class of 1999 in that company.

About OGR

While I try to throw a joke or two into proceedings when I can all of the opinions presented in my reviews are genuine. I don't expect that all will agree with my thoughts at all times nor would it be any fun if you did, so don't be shy in telling me where you think I went wrong... and hopefully if you think I got it right for once. Don't be shy, half the fun is in the conversation after the movie.
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