Class of 1984
Class of 1984 tells the story of Andy Norris, an idealistic and naïve music teacher at a tough Los Angeles high school who tries to put together an orchestra with his more advanced students only to find a gang of sadistic punk rockers actively dissuading new members from joining the orchestra.
20 January 1956, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
1957
24 October 1920, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10 June 1959, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1962
23 December 1955, Canada
9 June 1961, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
March 16, 2006
An allegory in which the subtext out-bullhorns the text itself.
July 22, 2005
Whether for its eighties nostalgia, or its absurdly reactionary violence, this is one guilty pleasure that still makes the grade.
April 27, 2015
prophetic with his ultra-violent cautionary tale of the youth of that day
July 26, 2002
Cheesy, campy, corny, and violent. In other words, a rather fun little B-movie.
April 13, 2015
There's no point in decrying the film's risible politics, especially when it's just an enjoyable relic of Reagan-era paranoia and generational hostility.
May 15, 2015
The title suggests an Orwellian nightmare, but this extremely efficient and gleefully alarmist exploitation hit owes less to Big Brother than to 'Blackboard Jungle.'
April 09, 2015
As socially conscious as "Class of 1984" is, the film's greater aim is as a crowd-provoking, albeit well-made, exploitation pic.
April 18, 2015
Director-coscripter Mark Lester films this for maximum cathartic impact, tapping into viewers' thirst for justice and revenge against these disreputable brats as thoroughly as the filmmakers behind such eye-for-an-eye yarns as Death Wish and The Crow.
February 22, 2006
It's sad, really, that a movie deemed horrific enough to be banned in several countries 25 years ago seems almost naïve by today's standards.
January 13, 2016
Timothy Van Patten is definitely one of the most charismatic movie villains of all time, the epitome of punk anarchy and chaos...
August 04, 2002
Alice Cooper sang the title song, which never hurts, but this movie is beyond saving.
