Class of 1999

United States

1990

99 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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EXEC Lawrence Kasanoff, Ellen Steloff

CAST Bradley Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, Traci Lind, Patrick Kilpatrick, Pam Grier, John P. Ryan, Darren E. Burrows, Joshua John Miller, Sharon Wyatt

Alarmed by the ongoing deterioration of urban schools, the government inserts a cadre of lifelike cyborg teachers into one of the country’s worst schools to test their effectiveness in eradicating the “bad apples” from the system. But when discipline spirals into corporal punishment and eventually murder, a war erupts between the school’s countless gangs and the seemingly indestructible members of the faculty.

Director

Mark L. Lester

Mark L. Lester (born November 26, 1946) is an American writer, producer, and director, primarily of action films.

After his debut in 1970 with the film Just Can’t Reach, he went on to make his mark with such memorable drive-in fare as Truck Stop Women and Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw. In 1979, he jumped on the disco bandwagon with Roller Boogie starring Linda Blair, to modest success. He then made the exploitation thriller Class of 1984, which was a source of controversy at the time of release, but has since gained cult status.

He entered the mainstream in 1984 with Stephen King’s Firestarter and had his biggest hit in 1985 with Commando, an Arnold Schwarzenegger action film that grossed over $57 million worldwide. He also directed and produced his sole comedy, Armed & Dangerous starring Meg Ryan and John Candy in 1986. In 1989 he directed Class of 1999, a loose sequel to Class of 1984.

Mark Lester married Dana Dubovsky, who he now works with and had two children… read more