Class of 1999

Plot synopsis:
In 1992, over 540,000 acts of violence in American high schools were reported and areas around were taken over by youth gangs. By 1997, violence in high schools triples in most of the major cities in the United States of America.
In 1999, special areas known as "free fire zones" have discouraged police from entering out of fear. Seattle's Kennedy High School is in the middle of a free fire zone, thus the Department of Education Defense (D.E.D.), a pilot special government agency, has been notified. Working with MegaTech head Dr. Bob Forrest, an experiment begins where three former military robots have become android educators. Forrest introduces Mr. Bryles, Mr. Hardin, and Ms. Connors to the Board of Education. Impressed with the new teachers, new principal Miles Langford has announced that former delinquents who are imprisoned will be released as part of the new experiment, which would allow new methods of discipline from the new teachers.
One such delinquent is Cody Culp, a member of the Blackhearts gang. Out of prison, Cody has decided to lay low and avoid any gang warfare, especially with the rivals Razorheads, led by Hector. After a car chase, Cody and his brothers Sonny and Angel make it to school. Sonny is taken in by the new school guards after he confronts them as they check the car for weapons or drugs. Blackheart member Curt, who thanks to Angel learns Cody no longer wants to be in a gang, informs Cody that if he is not with them, then he is against them. Still, Cody sticks to laying low and attends class. In chemistry class, Ms. Connors attempts calmly talk down Hector and another Razorhead. When the two Razorheads attempt to confront Ms. Connors, she uses fighting skills to take them down and make them sit in their seats. This pleases Forrest and MegaTech, who are in the basement, disguised as a DED control center. When Mr. Hardin's history class is interrupted by a fight between Curt and Razorhead member Flavio, Hardin resorts to using corporal punishment and puts the class in line. Returning home, Cody is shocked to find his brothers and his mother are addicted to the drug known as "edge". Upset and angry, he leaves and goes on his motorcycle, returning home later that night.
The next day, Flavio attempts to woo Christie, Mr. Langford's daughter, but when she resists his advances, he tries to force himself on her. Cody, witnessing what is happening, fights off Flavio as well as Hector. Mr. Bryles, who sees the incident, puts Cody in a full nelson hold and takes him to the principal's office. While Langford informs Cody that he technically violated his parole with the fight, he lets him off due to the fact that he did save Christie. Cody and Bryles head to physical education class, where Bryles, who is the coach, humiliates Blackheart member Mohawk while doing push-ups. When class is over, Bryles tells Cody to stay behind and begins to viciously beat him. Mohawk goes to his locker and takes some "edge" and grabs a gun. Cody, still being beaten, is seriously hurt when Bryles sees Mohawk with the gun. Bryles grabs the gun and breaks Mohawk's neck, killing him instantly. MegaTech technicians Marv and Spence are in total shock when Forrest informs them that it was self-defense with a gun.
When Sonny shows up late to Mr. Hardin's class totally high on "edge", Hardin takes him to his locker. Hardin grabs the locker door and pulls it out to find vials of "edge" in the locker. He proceeds to take the vials and force them in Sonny's mouth and pummeling his head on the lockers. Hardin kills Sonny and upon his return to class, takes Sonny's now bloodied cross and puts it in his pocket. Cody sees the cross as Hardin gives his lecture. When Langford confronts the three teachers about the death of Sonny, it soon becomes a cover-up to say Sonny died of a drug overdose. When Christie tries to convince Cody based on her father's word about Sonny, Cody is angry and is convinced Hardin killed Sonny. Apologizing to Christie the next day, he tries to convince her that Hardin had something to do with Sonny's death and the duo skip school for evidence. Christie and Cody have the teacher directory and learn that Hardin, Bryles, and Connors live in the same apartment. They break in and Cody finds the bloody cross. However, the trio of teachers arrive and catch the duo escaping. A chase ensues and ends up with the trio in the water. Having survived the car crash in the water, the trio decide to start a war between the Razorheads and the Blackhearts.
That evening, Cody and Angel once again bond over a game of basketball. When Angel, who has become a Blackheart, decides to stay behind, he is met by Bryles, Hardin, and Connors on his way home later that night. The trio chase down Angel. Bryles lifts up Angel and throws him against a wall and the trio ultimately kill him. Shortly after, Razorhead Noser is coming out of a local pizza place when he sees Connors. She kidnaps him and when the Razorheads are waiting for Noser, Noser is sent through the window of their hangout while on fire. Hector is convinced the Blackhearts did it and decide to start a war. The next morning, Cody goes to the Blackheart hangout, where he finds a dead Angel surrounded by the likes of Curt, Reedy, and Dawn. Dawn finds Angel's basketball with a message written in blood. Cody, seething with revenge, decides he wants back in the gang.
That afternoon, a war ensues between the Razorheads and Blackhearts. However, Bryles, Hardin, and Connors intercept at various times, killing members from both gangs. When Cody and Reedy go inside an abandoned building to trap Hector, Hardin grabs Reedy through a wall and splits him in half with his bare hands. When Cody shoots at Hardin, he discovers he is not human. That night, Cody tries to tell the Blackhearts that Hardin was there and that he killed Reedy. Meanwhile, Langford has gotten wind of the situation and decides to have the program terminated. However, Dr. Forrest not only decides not to terminate the program, but tells Langford that the teachers must "kill the enemy". Bryles grabs Langford by the throat and with brute force, sticks his fingers in Langford's throat, killing him.
Hector receives a call apparently from Cody saying he wants him one-on-one at the school entrance. Connors, kidnapping Christie, pretends to be Hector and calls Cody with the same proposition. When Dawn wonders why Hector would meet him at the school, the Blackhearts are finally convinced that the teachers are responsible. When Hector and Cody show up with both gangs, Cody attempts to tell Hector that it is not him he wants to kill. He tells Hector of the war the teachers have started. To prove he is right, Cody shows Hector Sonny's bloody cross. The Razorheads and the Blackhearts decide to team up and take on the teachers, who are waiting in the school. While they look for Christie and the teachers, they soon learn of the real deal with the teachers. Ms. Connors' arm becomes a flame thrower. Bryles' arm becomes a missile launcher. While many Razorheads and Blackhearts fall victim to the teachers, Curt and Cody find Christie. There, they find Hardin. They attempt to shoot down Hardin. However, Hardin is too powerful as he grabs Cody with one hand and grabs Curt with his other hand, which has become a grip with a drill attached. Curt is killed by the drill. Hardin attempts to do the same to Cody when Cody reaches for a machine gun and shoots Hardin through the mouth numerous times, destroying him instantly.
Cody and Christie see Ms. Connors and are chased to the chemistry lab. Cody, noticing that Connors has an exposed area of flammable gas, distracts her in time to grab an axe. When he throws the axe at the exposed area, he and Christie run out of the lab. Connors, unleashing the flame thrower, fatally explodes due to the flame hitting the gas. Hector, the only other survivor alongside Cody and Christie, meet up with the duo and are seen by Bryles. Hector and Christie provide a distraction while Cody grabs a bus and is able to run down Bryles at the school entrance. The bus explodes but all three are safe. When they hear a noise in the school, they go check it out. However, a now half-human, half-robot Bryles escapes from under the bus.
Hector, Cody, and Christie find Dr. Forrest who takes Christie hostage. When Cody tells Forrest it is too late, Forrest is convinced that he can somehow continue the project. When Hector attempts to shoot Forrest, he is shot and killed. Forrest then attempts to kill Cody, but Bryles comes up from behind him and rips his heart out, killing him instantly. Cody and Christie are at first overpowered by Bryles until Cody finds a forklift and impales Bryles. Christie grabs the nearest chain and puts it around Bryles' neck with Cody using the forklift to lift the chain, decapitating the robotic Bryles. Cody and Christie, the only survivors, walk out of the badly damaged school in safety.

Tags: cult, revenge, murder, violence

Review:
But things start to go wrong as the teachers start to revert to their battle droid beginnings and it all spirals out of control as they take on the might of the two warring gangs operating out of Kennedy High School.Think of it as a mixture of Escape From New York and The Terminator and you will be in the same ball park.
Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach and Pam Grier are the "name" actors, while Patrick Kilpatrick and the cool Bradley Gregg are familiar faces that have fun with the material.
I remember watching it on SKY (satellite) at about 1.30 am, and being amazed by what i saw.A film that had good characters, a good story line and cool visual affects, a class flick!
Recent teenage parolee Cody Culp returns to his anarchistic futuristic hood to find himself disgusted with his home life, alienated from his former gang(probably to his relief), and threatened by the school's newest bullies: three robotic teachers, implemented by the government to restore discipline, only consolation being his budding romance with the principal's daughter--perpetually gorgeous Tracy Lin. As always, whenever players take the material as seriously as these actors do, the potentially mediocre is propelled to a new level.
The performance by vastly unappreciated and underused Bradley Gregg rivals that of the more experienced Ryan, Grier, and Kilpatrick(with McDowell typically good, but all too often idle).I've always held that the reason there was and remains so much dissatisfaction with this movie is that too many people watched it with the wrong expectations.
The cast shine with the likes of Malcolm MacDowell, Pam Grier and Stacey Keach and in the leading role is charasmatic Corey Feldman-clone, Bradley Gregg.
I've got a soft spot for sci-fi films that have already passed their sell-by-date—those movies set in a year that is now history to you and I (even more-so if the year forms part of the film's title, like this one): I just love seeing how these cinematic predictions of the future differ from reality.Class of 1999 is a classic example: according to this film, by the year 1999 gang culture will have reached such a level in the U.S. that certain areas—known as Free Fire Zones—will no longer be protected by the police.
Kennedy High School, situated in one such lawless zone, becomes the testing ground for three experimental robot teachers (played by Patrick Kilpatrick, Pam Grier, and John P.
Ryan), adapted from military battle droids by unscrupulous MegaTech head honcho Bob Forrest (Stacy Keach).Recently released from prison, gang-banger Cody Culp (Bradley Gregg) intends to give up his criminal lifestyle, but when the droid teachers begin to revert back to their military programming, dealing with their unruly students using extreme force, he and his gang, the Blackhearts, join forces with their rivals, the Razorheads, to try and stop the killing.According to director Mark L.
Lester (who also directed the superior Class of 1984), late '90s fashion hasn't moved on much from the decade before, the film's youths sporting some truly nasty attire (worst offender being Joshua Jackson as Cody's brother Angel, who wears yellow leggings and matching tunic and has the cheek to tell Cody "Man, you got to think about your image").
As the droid teachers battle Cody and his pals, they shed their skin to reveal powerful weapons, which takes the violence up a notch and allows for some pretty impressive animatronic effects and gloopy cyborg gore, Grier opening up her chest (complete with prosthetic tits), Ryan having his cranium blown off, and Kilpatrick's head reduced to half human, half robot (before having his noggin separated from his body via forklift truck!).Gloriously daft, a little cheesy at times, a lot cheesy at others, and packed with cartoonish violence, Class of 1999 is great entertainment for fans of exploitative '80s schlock.
Ryan, Pam Grier and Patrick Kilpatrick) starting killing students for being late and start pitting gangs against each other, it's up to Cody (Bradley Gregg) to reunite the gangs and waste the "George Jetson nightmare!" Also the robots have killed his brothers and kidnapped his girlfriend Kristi (Traci Lin) so Cody's looking for revenge in this exciting and admittedly silly actioner.
The Principal, Substitute movies and so forth are sources of guilty pleasures, Class 99 is no different, since the androids are played by cool actors such as John P.
Lester (Commando and Showdown In Little Tokyo) so despite the obvious fact that this movie is even more poorly made than it's own sequel (Which stars Kickboxer 2's Sasha Mitchell) the fact is that this far more entertaining and is perfect for those who hate teenagers and want to see them get disposed of in the most grisly way.
I also checked the IMDB and it doesn't look like many of the actors in this film had much of a career after this movie, so to the I hope they have future success!
There are two crimes related to this movie: Bradley Gregg never did much with his acting career following this which is a crying shame - he's an excellent actor with it all: very charismatic, good looks and an instinct for excellent character portrayal and timing, then secondly, Mark Lester has never been given a first-rate blockbuster script and budget to match his very considerable ability.This is starting to look a little dated now in 2006 from a purely sci-fi to sci-fact basis, but it still stands up as en extremely enjoyable movie - for men - it's a bit too aggressive I think for many female viewers.Mark Lester keeps the pace up throughout - it's mainly action and weapons, not a lot of talking or any slushy bits, hints of biting rather dark humour and a fair bit of gore for its day.There are a couple of bits that are a bit hammy - the quote "very impressive" presentation towards the start of the movie wasn't remotely impressive and a few of the lines are on the throw-away side.
There is something sinister about the new teachers right from their first appearance in the film and there is an sense of something foreboding throughout the movie - a sense that 'something bad is about to happen' which is often the case, and it usually happens quickly and viciously.
It's Mark Lester and Bradley Gregg's view of how this type of movie should be done and for me it works as a rather violent take on being simply good fun with next no money..
The premise can't be taken too seriously and there are plentiful of obvious tongue-in-cheek elements (like the deliberately absurd performances from a solid B-movie cast), so the way I figure is that you can't but sit back and enjoy this early 90's hodgepodge of Sci-Fi/horror.
The film is listed as a sequel to "Class of 1984", but apart from the futuristic high-school setting and the fact they were both directed by Mark L.
Class of 1999 is a type of futuristic movie about what schools will eventually come to, it's funny has interesting characters and great antagonists.
The plot is set in the future where the schools in america have been taken over by gangs and the government who are at a loss decide that robotic teachers are the answer.
To say the least the end is all out war.Pam Grier, Patrick Kilpatrick and John P Ryan play the teachers gone wrong.
I mean, why bother?, whats the point?They all show up for school on time everyday and afterwards go to their warzone homes with no adults and try to kill each other while making nonsensical wisecracks.The whole premise make no sense.The robots are pretty cool though, very life like..
Lester was really imaginative director for making two films Class of 1984 and Class of 1999, two similar movies that both based in the futuristic America and realizes them almost perfectly with all the tools that fit the task -- actors, stunts, puppetry, models, and CGI.
Even Terminator: Genisys is rated PG-13 as one of the worst movies of this year!This movie is like Terminator robots from "Megatech" are destroying all humans including high school students.
The Furture set in Seatle as the futuristic World was a great vision.This movie follows The time is the future and youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free fire zones," into which not even the police will venture.
When Miles Langford (Malcolm McDowell), the principal of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest (Stacy Keach) provides "tactical education units." These human-like androids have been programmed to teach and are supplied with weapons to discipline problems.
This movie is awesome and deserves a great score for me is 10, but everyone has their own opinion!Class of 1999 is a 1990 American science fiction film directed by Mark L.
It is the director's follow-up to his 1982 film Class of 1984.10/10 Grade: A Studio: Lightning Pictures, Original Pictures, Vestron Pictures Starring: Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, Patrick Kilpatrick, Pam Grier, John P.
It's a true cult classic.For what it is, there is a surprisingly well known cast, including Stacey Keach as the head of the DED program and Malcolm McDowell as the Principal and father of Cody's love interest.The special effects are downright, f*cking amazing.
It's strictly high-octane, intensive-violence, and obvious raw language surrounding a film about street gangs and ex-Juveniles forced to attend a 'renovated' high school focused on discipline and corporal punishment; governed by a suspicious principal (McDowell) and his android cronies.
This film was OK but it could of been better the story is about how gangs take over parts of some cities and they closed down all the schools and then they reopened one and they use 3 robot teachers.The film stars actors like Patrick Kilpatri and Joshua John Miller if u like Joshua u should see rivers edge.The special effects are good in this movie and there is lots of action scenes with heaps of gun fire.I recommend this film to hire and to buy if under $10 dollars and u should watch this film if it comes on TV.Over all this film was good sometimes the film got a little crap but it keep me entertained for the hole movie.my rating is 4 out of 10.
Ryan, Pam Grier and Patrick Kilpatrick, the only thing amiss was the two "main characters," Bradley Gregg and Traci Lind.
Never have I seen a movie where the supporting cast outshined the main cast.Bradley Gregg was ok in the title role of this film, as Cody Culp, a gang banging loser who decided to turn his life around and straighten himself out.
Never could a more nightmarish teacher be found, rivalling even the worst stories I have heard from my friends who attended Catholic school!Pam Grier was as cold as ice as Ms. Connors and had no trouble showing who was the boss around her students.What can be said about Patrick Kilpatrick except, that he was diabolical and would give any person nightmares if they thought they had HIM for a gym coach!!I was sorry to see that Darren E.
In the previous film, the focus was on a teacher fighting back against the violent students at his high school.
This time, the schools have become so overrun by (predominately white) gangs that the city of Seattle decides to try a new tactic -- using humanoid military robots as teachers.
From Stacy Keach's ridiculous appearance to the laughable idea that diminutive whitebread Bradley Gregg could be a tough gangbanger, the movie never really has a chance to be taken seriously (though it seems like it wants to be).
The android teachers are played by the great Pam Grier, Patrick Kilpatrick, and John P Ryan.
Supposedly a sequel to the enjoyable exploitation semi-classic 'Class Of 1984', this dumb trash takes bits and pieces from 'The Warriors', 'Westworld' and 'Robocop' (all highly recommended btw) and mixes them up to make a pretty stupid SF/action movie that is a real missed opportunity.
Bradley Gregg plays a gangbanger trying to go straight who finds himself thrust into a high school with some new kick ass teachers.
Ryan, their creator is Stacy Keach ('The Ninth Configuration'), the school principal is Malcolm McDowell ('A Clockwork Orange'), and Gregg's younger brother is played by Joshua Miller, who many will remember fondly from 'River's Edge' and 'Near Dark'.
In this movie, it consists of an entire school full of gang members and the teachers are full of robots that kill the students if they mess up.
The effects were actually quite good, and there were some reasonable actors in the film, including Malcolm McDowell and Pam Grier.
Class of 1999 (1990) ** (out of 4)Set in the future, the schools have been rundown and overtaken by gangs and other misfits so Dr. Forrest (Stacy Keach) talks a principal (Malcolm McDowell) into allowing three "new" teachers into his school.
These three new teachers are to restore the schools as well as cut down on the violence but it doesn't take long for students to realize that these teachers are robots and are resorting to killing.CLASS OF 1999 is a very low-budget movie that has some very good ideas scattered throughout but it just never really comes together.
The film does have a pretty good ending with all sorts of slime, gore and action and that certainly ends the movie on a high note.The problem is that the story just doesn't have a lot going for it.
This is one totally cheesy and fun sci-fi/horror/action movie about future punks battling killer cyborg teachers.
Terminator teachers battle with street-war students in this sci-fi action B-movie..
Ryan have a laughably fun time playing three cybernetic military soldiers programmed as teachers in order to gain control of the widespread gang problem within the inner-city schools.
This sequel to the minor hit "Class of 1984" is more like a reversal (this time, the teachers are the true baddies), with a lot of "Terminator" and "Robocop" thrown in.
Youth gang violence is so bad and out of control at Kennedy High School that earnest principal Miles Langford (nicely played by Malcom McDowell) has evil albino robotics expert Dr. Bob Forrest (a gloriously hammy Stacy Keach) bring in three special and lethal automated battle droid teachers - history teacher Mr. Hardin (a wonderfully sly and spirited portrayal by John P.
The cast likewise have a field day with the blithely absurd material: Bradley Gregg makes for an appealingly brooding hero as surly gang leader Cody Culp, the ravishing Traci Lin gives a charming performance as the sweet Christie Langford, Grier, Kilpatrick, and especially Ryan are all in top form as the deadly terminator teachers, plus there are neat turns by Joshua Miller as Cody's snotty, but loyal younger brother Angel, Darren E.
With '1984', you had a new teacher come to a violent high-school where most of the kids are in gangs and try to make a difference.
When we cut to 'Class of 1999', the same kind of setup is provided, but this time the gangs of kids are forced to deal with new teachers that are actually robots hellbent on not just teaching lessons, but taking lives too.
You can see the similarities between 'Robocop', 'Westworld', 'Terminator', with a little 'Fury Road' throughout the film as a recent student named Cody (Bradley Gregg from 'Stand By Me'), who has just gotten out of jail and wants to change his ways, enters the high school with the new teachers who are in fact robots that look human.These robots, played by Patrick Kilpatrick, John P.
'Class of 1999' is sure as hell entertaining, even to this day, and has some fun cameos, including Stacy Keach and Malcolm McDowell.
This 1990 sci-fi film stars Bradley Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Traci Lind, Pam Grier, John P.
Soon, 3 High School teachers, Bryles (Kilpatrick), Connors (Grier) and Hardin (Ryan) make Cody suspicious because they're methods of discipline are extreme and he discovers they're androids.
This isn't too bad, the cast is decent and the film obviously copies "The Terminator." Grier and Keach were also in "Escape from L.A." together 6 years later.
White-haired Dr. Bob Forrest (Stacy Keach of "Doc") supervises three androids masquerading secretly as teachers to control students—mostly narcotics addicts--at a gang-riddled high school run by Dr. Miles Langford (Malcolm McDowell of "A Clockwork Orange") who is reacts with surprise to this revelation.
Lester has a good cast, especially the three teachers: Patrick Kilpatrick, Pam Grier, and John P.
Lester's follow-up to the powerful - and banned - classic CLASS OF 1984 is a similar kind of film with the premise turned about so that now the students are the heroes and the teachers are the bad guys.
While CLASS OF 1999 can't come close to generating the same scary power as its predecessor, it's still a fun action-filled flick in which the low budget only causes problems at the finale, in which some poor quality special effects threaten to make the film become laughable.
Much of the film is concerned with the activities of Cody, as played by Bradley Gregg, and his fellow students, most of whom are gang members.
A tongue-in-cheek approach is used at times which also makes the film more fun to watch.The biggest strength lies in the three android teachers, as played by Pam Grier, Patrick Kilpatrick and John P.
Bradley Gregg (Of Nightmare On Elm Street 3 fame) stars as Cody Culp a teenager who is given a chance to redeem himself by participating in a special program which has androids teach the bad kids in the school, however as expected things go wrong and the androids played by Pam Grier, John P.Ryan and Patrick Kilpatrick go berserk and start killing students.
After getting released from prison, he reunites with his gang and finds out in the middle of the film that three of his new high school teachers are androids.