Demolition High (1996) (V)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Jim Wynorski

Writer:

Steve Jankowski (writer)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

A high-voltage thriller!

Plot:

When a group of terrorists (led by Luther) take over a high school making the students in it their hostages...

Plot Keywords:

Student | School | Hostage | High School | Greed

Cast

Corey Haim	...	Lenny Slater
Alan Thicke	...	Slater
Dick Van Patten	...	General Wainwright
Jeff Kober	...	Luther
Melissa Brasselle	...	Tanya
Kimberley Roberts	...	Stacy
Trey Alexander	...	Eddie
Richard Styles	...	Warshack
Gerrit Graham	...	Mr. Vogel
Stacie Randall	...	Dugan
Jay Richardson	...	Hawkins
Tony March	...	Boomer
Tony Grande	...	Weasel
Michael Meyer	...	Officer Hayes
Dean Wein	...	Officer Williams

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and some language.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sunset Films International

Trivia:

Near the beginning of the movie, two students mention that Coach Wynorski is having an affair with a female student. The director of the movie is Jim Wynorski.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the reporters are questioning Chief Slater when he initially pulls up to the school, none of the microphones they are using are connected to anything. The microphones are clearly ones that require a wire connection to a recording device.

Quotes:

Ray: Come on, pervert!
[whacks Lenny's behind]
Lenny Slater: You slap my ass in the guy's locker rom, and call *me* a pervert?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Magnolia (1999)

So bad it's hilarious.

I caught this on TV one day when I was bored and waiting on some people. The movie kept my attention the entire time because it was so god awful. Corey Haim in a Bruce Willis "Die Hard" type role, Alan Thicke playing a hardened police chief, Dick Van Patten as a general, and a bunch of goofy terrorists who just happen to have as super model type as one of them. How can you go wrong? The special effects are lame, especially the guided missile that looks like a rocket model kit that you build at home only on a bigger scale.

This movie is terrible, make no mistake about it. But it's so terrible that you can't help but laugh and watch to see just how cheesy it's going to get. It's actually quite entertaining.