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Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997)
just saw it, very impressed
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well i just got done watching this movie on tv and i have to saw i am really impressed. everybody did a great acting job, especially rick schroder and alexis cruz.
it's about a guy, jason copeland, who goes back to his high school to shoot the teachers who flunked him out of school. he thinks they've ruined his life, especially one mr..something..can't remember his name. a local cop, skip (henry winkler), must convince jason (rick) to let go of the 60 some odd kids he's holding hostage.
i'm amazed by schroder's acting job. he developed/portrayed a charactor that you wanted to hate but couldn't help feeling sorry for. through everything he had done, i was still sorry to learn at the end of the movie that he was on death row. he mixed terrifying outbursts and vulnerability with dark humor that still made you laugh. (on the phone with skip, jason demands food for his hostages: "i want 15 pepperoni pizzas, 5 packs of root beer, 5 of cola, and i want it all here in less than 15 minutes!!" meanwhile the kids are all clapping and cheering behind him).
i would recommend this movie to everybody. it's very very good. plus, schroder's charactor looked a lot like kurt cobain (who i personally think is very good looking).
-laura p.s. if you didn't already figure it out, it's a true story.
Se7en (1995)
one of the best films available, very disturbing
This was a outstanding movie! It really makes you take a closer look at your surroundings. It's strange, with most movies you just watch them and then move on to something else. But with this movie, it's disturbing because John Doe points out a lot of things that you think about and realize that they ARE true! there IS "a deadly sin on every corner, in every home" and we DO look past it because it IS common. Maybe the way John dealt with it wasn't that good, hell it was insane(!), but you have to admit, he makes a lot of good points!