
Detention
ActionDramaThriller
⭐ 4.1 / 10(2,605)
A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Released
- 2003
- Country
- Canada, United States
Details
Release year: 2003
Storyline
A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.
Top credits
Directors
Writers
Cast
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Dolph Lundgren — Sam Decker
Alex Karzis — Chester Lamb
Kata Dobó — Gloria Waylon
Corey Sevier — Mick Ashton
Did you know
• The screenplay had originally been written in the mid-late eighties, with Paul Lynch intending to direct.
• One attempt to get it off the ground was in 1993, from producer Robert Frederick under his MVP Entertainment banner.
• Thirteen years later, Dolph would play a similar teacher-turned-action hero role in Kindergarten Cop 2.
User reviews
⭐ 5/10
Mediocre "Die Hard" Meets "The Breakfast Club" Melodrama
👍 4 · 11/9/2010
⭐ 5/10
A brain dead action romp
👍 5 · 6/12/2013
⭐ 4/10
Far from Dolph's best, not the worst either but ...
👍 1 · 12/16/2014
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
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