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Detention

(2002)

Rated for strong violence and language, and for some drug content.

84min.
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Plot & Details

Call it "Die Hard in a School," director Sidney J. Furie's Detention stars Dolph Lundgren as Sam Decker, a teacher who gets more than he bargained for on his last day on the job. Monitoring an after-school detention class filled with a ragtag bunch of young ruffians, Decker suddenly discovers that the school has been taken over by a gang of terrorists. Little do they know, Decker is a former Marine. With the odds stacked against them, Decker and his students attempt to thwart the bad guys' plans and make it out of the school alive.
  • Genre(s): Action
  • Run Time: 84min.
  • DVD Release Date: 01/13/2004
  • Director(s): Sidney J. Furie
  • Starring: Dolph Lundgren
  • Themes: Police Corruption,Teachers and Students,Crime Gone Awry,Terrorism
  • Tone: Forceful,Rousing,Tense
  • Keywords: Marines,detention,teacher,terrorist-attack,veteran [military]
  • Language: English
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