New teacher at school battles the local gang,
sound familiar? Well, yes, it's been done before,
but not like this! After a quick intro to meet our
characters, Class Of 84 hits hard and doesn't
let up til credits role. Great performances,
some awesome stunts, a little gore but not
too much, and to top it off good ole Roddy
McDowell who has two scenes in particular
in the middle of film that are outstanding.
Using my Palm Springs Rating System and
rating it as a regular feature, Class Of 84
get Three Nice n Tall Palm Trees....The Horror!!
Class of 1984 Movie Review & Film Summary (1982) | Roger Ebert
Movies like this either grab you, or they don't. "Class of 1984" grabbed me. I saw it for the first time at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival, where I wandered into the theater expecting to find the dog of the week and wandered out two hours later, a little dazed and sort of overwhelmed.
Class of 1984
This movie blew my mind when I first saw it, it showcases the violence and debauchery of modern highschools. Ironically, when it came out, the movies vision of lawless highschools where gangs run the hallways and there are gun detectors at the entrance seemed like overdone fiction...
The Outright Horror!!
