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Demolition High

1995, Movie, R, 84 mins

Demolition High: Review

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A sort of pubescent DIE HARD, this nonsensical action foray by veteran exploitation filmmaker Jim Wynorski is made tolerable by its empowerment of the younger characters. After robbing a military warehouse, a group of psychopathic terrorists exterminate police and prepare for a siege at a high school. Led by trigger-happy Luther (Jeff Kober) and sadistic Tanya (Melissa Brasselle), the extremists pay lip service to a political agenda but are actually committed to extorting a fortune from the government. Before the terrorists' arrival, transfer student Lenny Slater (Corey Haim) thought his new school was pretty dull. Encouraged by his father, Police Chief Slater (Alan Thicke), Lenny was planning to improve his bad boy image, but his skirmishes with local bully Eddie (Trey Alexander) have already irritated Principal Vogel (Gerrit Grahame). In amazement, Lenny watches Luther's gang methodically round up the faculty and students and gun down Vogel. But Lenny's street smarts will pay off. The only kids who slip through the mercenaries' fingers are Lenny, Eddie, and Eddie's main-squeeze, Stacy (Kimberly Roberts); though initially skeptical, Eddie and Stacy agree to help Lenny sabotage Luther's takeover. After receiving Luther's monetary demands, Slater argues with the FBI about how best to defuse the situation. While the grown-ups quibble outside, Lenny dispatches two goons with a gas explosion at the chem lab, followed by a power-saw attack at the machine shop. Furious at Lenny's interference, Luther prepares to kick some teenage butt; in order for his plan to succeed, he must convince the feds that no one can stop his satellite-linked rocket launcher, which is aimed at the town's nuclear power plant. With the SWAT team poised to storm the building, Luther starts his countdown. How can Lenny save the student hostages and prevent the missile from hitting its target? Although the conflicts are stock ones, the production draws sufficient voltage from Lenny's improvised counter-attacks to entertain undemanding viewers. leave a comment --Robert Pardi
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