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Class Of 1984

Year:1982
Country:  Canada
Language:English
Genre:Action, Crime, Drama
IMDB:IMDB Page
Rating:8.3  Rate
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Community: 3 Have Seen


DirectorMark L. Lester
Selected CastPerry King as Andrew Norris
 Merrie Lynn Ross as Diane Norris
 Timothy Van Patten as Peter Stegman
 Roddy McDowall as Terry Corrigan
 Michael J. Fox as Arthur
 Stefan Arngrim as Drugstore


On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD

Class Of 1984 - Anchor Bay Entertainment - USA (2005)


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alexlincs
11th Dec 2021
 Rated 7/10
Class Of 1984 has a notorious reputation. In the UK it was banned for its cinema release and later heavily cut for VHS, fortunately it was released uncut on DVD. Some theaters in USA refused to show it and it had MPAA cuts for an R rating.

Mark L. Lester is undoubtedly a B-Movie director, but he hit paydirt with Commando thanks to Arnie being one of the biggest actors of the late 80s\early 90s and it's a genuinely good film. Class of 1984 is also fondly remembered garnering cult status on VHS.

Class of 1984 does a number of thing rights. It is basically a "home invasion" movie set in a school. It adds slasher elements towards the end with some truly nasty death scenes and good special-effects. Mark L. Lester can undoubtedly craft good action sequences.

A big deal has been made about Michael J. Fox being in this film. Ignore it, he is very young and unrecognisable. Instead focus on Timothy Van Patten as the intimidating and intelligent bully and gang leader Stegman. Roddy McDowall also puts in a scene stealing performance as the broken science teacher. Perry King is very good as the idealist, turned vigilante music teacher, but he doesn't half chew the scenery. That said he was already a veteran of sleazy B-movies by the time this film came out.

Class of 1984 is a violent and scary trip of a film. I think it is love it or hate it, but it delivers on white knuckle thrills and it's a darn site more entertaining than the dull box office smash "Dangerous Minds".

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