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DISABILITY General Asthma

COUNTRY USA

LENGTH 110

GENRE Thriller

DIRECTOR Kevin Reynolds

CAST Samuel L. Jackson

Kelly Rowan

John Heard

Clifton Gonzalez

Karina Arroyave

Jonah Rooney

Lobo Sebastian

NOTES Teachers are warned against watching this film they might

run out of red ink.

When Jackson who has been almost fatally stabbed in one

school turns up several months later in another school you'll

initially think he's got the answer to 'crowd trouble'.

One problem for us Brits with these "Blackboard Jungle" type

films is that the pupils look to be in their twenties. Are they

eternally held back for failing? Make them wear a uniform

(Alicia Silverstone is excepted).

Jackson of course doesn't have the answer he has 'the

solution'. Idealism has dipped below the horizon and Jackson

begins fighting back. This is "Death Wish" in a cloud of chalk

dust.

It's my view that the kind of people who would appreciate this

film are the very ones whose fingers are chopped off by

Samuel 'lop'emoff' Jackson. So it will likely backfire.

 


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