I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS MOVIE! I remember watching this movie all the time when I was about 7 years old. It would come on
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AlienTerminator — 19 years ago(August 14, 2006 09:48 PM)
I was a BIG action nut in the early nineties even though I was like 8. I taped this movie on TMC, then watched it and was hooked for the next couple of years. This really is the ULTIMATE CULT MOVIE, and may have even prevented stuff like this from happening in real life. My mother was a high school teacher, and when she saw it, she thought that this is wehre things were going to lead. Perhaps enough people saw it and it gave them a wake up call to prevent it. A far out theory I know.
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Trist805 — 19 years ago(August 23, 2006 01:07 AM)
Yea i saw this with some friends late at night on Showtime about 9 years ago then I bought it on video a few years ago. I liked the whole B movie vibe and the very dark and violent tone. It also reminded me of the Principal. I also liked the characters and even tho they were kind of bad as well they were still good and just dealing with their surroundings. Oddly enough I wound up going to a continuation school for "bad kids" in 1999 for selling weed. No robot teachers tho but plenty of gangsters!
Anyways compared to this movie the sequal sucks and has no substance.
However I recently watched Class of 1984 and it is just as good as Class of 1999 if not better. Only difference is the punk students try to kill the teacher. There is also a great performance by a young Michael J. Fox. -
xredgarnetx — 19 years ago(October 02, 2006 02:42 PM)
Those who called this the ultimate drive-in movie are absolutely correct, even though drive-in theaters have long been gone from the landscape. These days, it makes a great late night TV entertainment. Director Mark Lester has done better work, like COMMANDO, but this is a terrifically loopy sci-fi satire the likes of which have rarely been seen. Everyone should see it at least once.
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starchild_crimson — 19 years ago(December 30, 2006 02:36 PM)
You are right! I live in Spain and rented this classic by a chance. I absolutelly fell in love with it, buying the tape in the process and watching it hundred of times over the years. I cant understand why this film is ignored and apparently forgotten. It has one of the most entertaining ultra-violent-but-great-fun action films I can remember and quickly becomes an all time favorite.
Great visuals, Great acting (Fabio and Cody are great), GREAT music and GREAT fun. Will love to discuss this great movie with anyone! Toni -
perrybeth — 19 years ago(January 04, 2007 09:45 PM)
It makes me so proud that I am not the only one in love with this movie. I still remember watching this movie when I was 6 and it's still very close to my heart.
I love John P. Ryan, I love the theme "Come the Day", and I love this movie! -
swimminginjeans — 19 years ago(January 19, 2007 04:55 PM)
Add me to tha fan list ha! I remember I must of been 11 or something when this first came on to HBO or something, my friends parents were gone and we were watching all the late night/early morning bad not for kids to see stuff and came across this. I was so amazed then as I am now. They should totally release this as dvd for the US.
And who could believe I liked Cody character I tried to be like him school minus all the violence, but I liked how he had the banzana and backwards cap look lol. Even drew a blackheart tattoo thing on me and again, I was just 11 haha. -
Megn1 — 19 years ago(February 04, 2007 11:09 PM)
I first saw this movie when I was 17. I was at boarding school in Melbourne Australia and living at school was pretty dull. One of my mates from Malaysia had a large collection of VCDs and 'Class of 1999' was a real gold plated treasure! At first I wasn't aware of this film and the first couple of minutes of the film it "stunk" of straight to video cheese. However, I wasn't prepared for a life changing occurance. This movie was just damn entertaining and quite possibly one of the only b-movies I've become obsessed with. In fact, my friends and I watch this film over and over and never get bored of it.
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perrybeth — 18 years ago(May 28, 2007 07:18 PM)
liz69: "John P Ryan what a smile."
Amen to that!
Do you guys know that he passed away not too long ago? How sad!! I'm still heartbroken. According to the site he died on March 20th from a stroke. I still owe it to myself to catch his other movies. He was also great in Delta Force 2. -
danixdefcon5 — 18 years ago(October 02, 2007 10:16 PM)
This movie was goofy, but then, I think thats kind of the appeal to it. Its kind of a sci-fi and weird twist on Class of 1984. The HUDs showing what the teacher is doing are really, really funny (CORPORAL PUNISHMENT -> MODERATE) or KILL KILL KILL when they go nuts.
Its a campy movie, but bearable; it kind of paved the way for other similar movies like "The Faculty". Funny thing is, that it kind of works as a reversal on Class of 1984, as here it is the teachers the ones who have to be put out of service in the end.
I wish this movie had a worthy sequel, as "Class of 1999 II" was way off the mark of either 1984 or 1999, it might have been good if unrelated to this one and well, better acting (or more campiness). -
thenativechris — 18 years ago(December 20, 2007 06:28 AM)
Love this movie! I had to go on Ebay to get it from Korea. I saw this movie when I was 5. Now watching it today; it seems there was more blood on the VHS verson then the guy was getting driled in the head. or is it just me?