Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever

My review was written in May 1991 after watching the movie on Live video cassette.

Lameduck followup to the 1979 drive-in fave is a mechanical exercise in teenage anarchy. Despite a more lavish production than usual for Concorde, "Forever" is merely a video time-killer.

A central raver and troublemaker, Corey Fleldman takes the opportunity to ham it up for the camera, breaking into sub-Michael Jackson dance moves frequently. He's out to preserve the subversive tradition of newly rebuilt Ronald Reagan High.

Feldman's arch nemesis is the school's new vice principal of discipline (Mary Woronov, not doing much with a caricature of storm trooper evil; she also appeared in the '79 film).

Filmmaker Deborah Brock keeps things moving, but her succession of gags isn't funny or original. When in doubt, she throws in a food fight.

Ostensible plot of Feldman gong to great lengts to =lang a gig for his outlawed band the Eradicators is the excuse for a mixture of oldies and new tunes performed for the soundtrack. Feldman's singing is okay, but fans will quikly ire of his posing.

Cast is acceptable but forced to assume stereotypes, such as band guitarist Liane Curtis styled in Winona Ryder mode and pretty substitute teacher Sarah Buxton a chip off Ione Skye's block.

As the school principal, Larry Linville ges lost in the shuffle; role in the original was played by Paul Bartel. Also missing form the original are the Ramones and their music.

This could not follow the original Rock and Roll High School cult classic. I only watch this because I thought Cory Haim was in it - but it's the other Cory :( terrible acting and if there was a plot - I didn't get it . I'm Orrery sure the entire movie was improved - because I can't believe that someone would actually script this - but then again got its time - maybe this type of movie was enjoyed . To each their own.

This is one of the worst, least entertaining movies I have ever seen. It doesn't even deserve to be on comedy central. If you have some good taste in movies then you should never see this abomination of a film. If you like Corey Feldmen movies I recommend Stand By Me, or The Goonies, or National Lampoon's Last Resort. Wow, this movie is awful!!!

Not many people know that there was a sequel made to "Rock 'n' Roll High School", even with fans of the original movie. Seeing this sequel, it doesn't take long watching it to figure out why it isn't better known. To be fair, this looks a lot better than other Roger Corman movies of this period - it had something of a budget. And the movie is directed and acted with a great amount of enthusiasm. But I couldn't warm up to it in the end. It has a sloppy script, with the movie frequently abandoning telling the (thin) story to show us unrelated vignettes. And the music isn't very good, either doing third-rate versions of classic songs or unremarkable new songs (though the song that plays during the opening credits is okay.) Also, Corey Feldman simply can't sing that well. Still, it keeps your attention as to what new kind of craziness will happen next. If you watch it, I recommend you watch it when your expectations are low.

From this film, you can see why Corey Feldman faded into oblivion. In this remake/sequel to Rock N Roll High School (1979), Corey and his band of people who look to old for high school attend Reagan High which is built on the grounds of the high school blown up in the previous movie. Each week they celebrate the blowing up of the school by being disruptive until a new principal comes to town, Dr. Vader. She tries to put an end to this, but not before Corey blows up the high school yet again. Easy to see why the cast of no-names stayed that way, lame script, poor writing, bad acting. Avoid this movie if you can, and see the original instead, its much, much better.