Class of 1999 (1989) in my opinion is one of the greatest Sci-Fi futuristic action flicks from Director Mark L. Lester! The greatest man who gave us Commando (1985), Class of 1984 (1982), Armed and Dangerous (1986) and Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991). This is one of my favorite movies, I grew up as a teen! I was surprised that movies like this exist. I love this flick alongside Commando (1985), this is my second favorite best movie from Mark L. Lester. I think the movie is great. I have seen this one a lot and love it I never get tired of watching it. Don't pay attention to the rotten tomatoes this movie is great. But everyone has their own opinion. I love this movie about battle robots and gangs in the school and out of the school was just awesome. The idea was awesome and none of the films are that great. This movie should be released on Blu-ray! OK lets talk some about the actors why I think this movie is great. I was never a big fan of Bradley Gregg but he was in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors one of my favorite horror slasher sequels from A Nightmare on Elm Street series. He made a lot of movies but those two for me are memorable. The most that I remember him is from this movie as Cody Culp the leader from Black Heart gangs. The character Bradley played was written on his skin. The second reason I do think this movie is also great because of actress Traci Lind. The actress was very beautiful but very underrated. I remember her from 21 Jump Street (1987) my favorite childhood TV series from Johnny Depp. I still love this TV show I don't care what anyone says and Fright Night Part 2 (1988) before she made this movie. I still think the actress is very underrated and she did acted her character perfect. It is sad she doesn't make any movies anymore. I am wondering where is she now?.I think Mark L. Lester was really imaginative director for making two films Class of 1984 and Class of 1999, two similar movies that both based in the futuristic America and realizes them almost perfectly with all the tools that fit the task -- actors, stunts, puppetry, models, and CGI. Without the vision, this film would be nothing. Without the tools, this film would be nothing. The action scenes were really outstanding. The stunts were really completely insane in scale (at one point, a gangs on a motorcycles are burning in the 2nd high school floor from a Pam Grier as Ms. Connors as a flammable fire torch out of her hand). ( Mr. Bryles - Patrick Kilpatrick fires a rocket launcher from his hand and explodes the motorcycle from a gang member and the motorcycle fly's out off the window in a burning explosion). Only in the 80's they had such a movies, since today I have not seen one good action movie. Class of 1999 is Rated: R. Today action movies are rated PG-13 not R anymore. Even Terminator: Genisys is rated PG-13 as one of the worst movies of this year!This movie is like Terminator robots from "Megatech" are destroying all humans including high school students. This movie has violence, gore, blood, gangs, fist fights, knives, explosions and so on. This flick has everything in it. Including good actors that made the task, Malcolm McDowell and Stacy Keach were perfect actors that made the job done as in their different roles. Patrick Kilpatrick, Pam Grier and John P. Ryan as three not human androids cyborg Terminators battle robots did a perfect task as dangerous killer machines in the future. The Furture set in Seatle as the futuristic World was a great vision.This movie follows The time is the future and youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free fire zones," into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford (Malcolm McDowell), the principal of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest (Stacy Keach) provides "tactical education units." These human-like androids have been programmed to teach and are supplied with weapons to discipline problems. These kids will get a lesson... in staying alive!!! This movie is awesome and deserves a great score for me is 10, but everyone has their own opinion!Class of 1999 is a 1990 American science fiction film directed by Mark L. Lester. It is the director's follow-up to his 1982 film Class of 1984.10/10 Grade: A Studio: Lightning Pictures, Original Pictures, Vestron Pictures Starring: Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Stacy Keach, Patrick Kilpatrick, Pam Grier, John P. Ryan, Darren E. Burrows, Joshua John Miller Director: Mark L. Lester Producer: Mark L. Lester Screenplay: C. Courtney Joyner Story by: Mark L. Lester Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 39 Mins. Budget: $5.200.000 Box Office: $2,459,895

Out of a video collection of somewhat lesser B-quality Indie films, comes this horror/suspense gem. Admittedly, I researched it beforehand, just to get a glimpse, as I'd never heard of it. Then I saw the legendary Malcom McDowell's name in the lead cast and was immediately rest-assured, it had to be good. And I was correct.This Indie gem thankfully delivers no cheesy, snowball special effects that typically ruin a good thriller. It's strictly high-octane, intensive-violence, and obvious raw language surrounding a film about street gangs and ex-Juveniles forced to attend a 'renovated' high school focused on discipline and corporal punishment; governed by a suspicious principal (McDowell) and his android cronies. Plenty of fast-action, believable fight scenes, and face-off violence, alongside decent actors who can truly act. Absolutely nothing is over the top. And the iconic Stacy Keach naturally plays the cronies's broker.

Mark L. Lesters' belated follow-up to his big cult hit "Class of 1984" is about as glorious as this sort of thing gets, introducing science fiction into the formula of youth gangs out of control. It takes place in the "future" year of 1999, when sections of major U.S. cities are simply given over to gangs, sections which the police don't enter. These sections are called "free fire zones". In the middle of one such hellhole, a high school named Kennedy meets its three new teachers, in reality cyborgs which won't tolerate any misbehaviour. It doesn't take too long for the cyborgs to revert to their original military programming and see *all* the students as nuisances or threats. So two gangs are forced to team up with each other to wage war on the teachers. You know you're in for a good time with those opening credits / exposition, and "Class of 1999" delivers so well in the cheese and camp departments that any message it's espousing ultimately has to take a backseat. In terms of production design, atmosphere, and score, this is a triumph of a B picture, one in which there's urban decay almost everywhere you look. C. Courtney Joyners' screenplay includes some gems of dialogue, and it's to the actors' credit that they can recite these lines with a straight face. Bradley Gregg ("Stand By Me", "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors") stars as supposedly reformed gang member Cody Culp, who's trying to go straight. Lovely Traci Lin is his leading lady, a serious student who happens to be the daughter of the principal, played by Malcolm McDowell. Other familiar faces include Jill Gatsby ("Maniac Cop"), Darren E. Burrows ('Northern Exposure'), Joshua John Miller ("Near Dark"), Sean Sullivan ("Wayne's World"), and Lee Arenberg (the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series), but the show is stolen by Patrick Kilpatrick, Pam Grier, and the hilarious John P. Ryan as the teachers, and Stacy Keach as the nut job "controlling" the cyborgs. Ryan even smokes a pipe, and has one memorable scene where he proceeds to spank two troublemakers on the ass. How can you NOT be amused at a movie with this kind of a scene? This warped sense of humour is just part of a package that also features enjoyable visual and makeup effects, a cracking pace, a healthy dose of violence, and some good action sequences. From beginning to end, this is full of entertainment value, right down to the cool soundtrack featuring an early Nine Inch Nails tune. All in all, this deserves its own cult status just as much as its predecessor, getting itself a sequel ("Class of 1999 II: The Substitute") four years later. A total hoot. Eight out of 10.

Pam Grier, Patrick Kilkpatrick and John P. Ryan have a laughably fun time playing three cybernetic military soldiers programmed as teachers in order to gain control of the widespread gang problem within the inner-city schools. Its 1999, and a 'Mad Max'-like environment is the stage for this violent science fiction shoot-em-up action film. Principal, Malcolm McDowell collaborates with crazy-eyed Stacy Keach to place robots disguised as the faculty to discipline juvenile delinquents, but the mechanical mentors eventually malfunction and revert back to their militaristic programming and target the gang-member youths as the enemy. Its a fight for survival as gang leader, Bradley Gregg and girlfriend, Traci Lind must kill or be killed while the trio hunts them down through the hallways and classrooms of the schoolhouse. Its an entertaining little romp with some good gore and non-stop action, and the effects get interesting when the cyborgs activate their "XT-6 Hardware" for the climatic battle. Class is definitely dismissed with Pam Grier as a real "bionic bitch", "killer Kilpatrick", and "raging robot Ryan" are prowling the campus, so you'd better have a hall-pass! The unrated version has a tad more gore, so true 'Terminator' students can get the most from their learning experience.