Runtime: 112 minutes
Directed by: Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Starring: Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, Keith Coogan, Andrew Divoff, Louis Gossett, Jr. (RIP)
From: Tri-Star
RIP Louis Gossett, Jr.
I realize there are better and more well-renowned films that could have been watched in tribute to the late actor that passed away just yesterday. I’ve only watched some of his movies in my life, not all of which have been reviewed here by me. The reason why this was selected: back in the day, my two sisters liked this movie yet I had only seen a small part of it… yes, one of which was the rebellious teenagers that were our leads calling a phone sex line and listening until being caught by Dean Gossett at their prep school.
Think of this as “Die Hard starring teens.” Our protagonists go to a prep school known for housing kids that have been kicked out of other institutions. They have rich & powerful fathers, a reason why Andrew Divoff and gang hold the school hostage in a bid to get his father out of prison. The movie does seem a bit overlong for the plot told but eventually the youth decide to fight back as the pros on the outside (including R. Lee Ermey and a famous face uncredited so I won’t mention him) can’t do much.
My sisters probably liked the movie because it starred such handsome young men as Sean Astin and Wil Wheaton; who knows what they thought of all the violent, bloody moments the film had; the viewer sees the aftermath of a body thrown out the window and a close-up of someone shot in the forehead. Of course it’s far-fetched yet was fine as a Die Hard clone which at least had a decent gimmick of protagonists that weren’t quite adults, even if more than one was played by an actor of adult age.
It's a film where not all the established actors (Mason Adams, Denholm Elliott) get much to do. Be that as it may, it was a fine 90’s curio I was happy to finally experience in full.
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