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Detention: The Siege at Johnson High

  • TV Movie
  • 1997
  • R
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
677
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Henry Winkler, Freddie Prinze Jr., Ricky Schroder, and Ryan Mouritsen in Detention: The Siege at Johnson High (1997)
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A former high school student, Jason Copeland, returns to his school to take his revenge on the teachers for failing him out of school.A former high school student, Jason Copeland, returns to his school to take his revenge on the teachers for failing him out of school.A former high school student, Jason Copeland, returns to his school to take his revenge on the teachers for failing him out of school.

  • Director
    • Michael W. Watkins
  • Writer
    • Larry Golin
  • Stars
    • Ricky Schroder
    • Freddie Prinze Jr.
    • Katie Wright
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    677
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael W. Watkins
    • Writer
      • Larry Golin
    • Stars
      • Ricky Schroder
      • Freddie Prinze Jr.
      • Katie Wright
    • 22User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Ricky Schroder
    Ricky Schroder
    • Jason Copeland
    • (as Rick Schroder)
    Freddie Prinze Jr.
    Freddie Prinze Jr.
    • Aaron Sullivan
    Katie Wright
    Katie Wright
    • Samantha Eckert
    Alexis Cruz
    Alexis Cruz
    • Frankie Rodriguez
    Patrick Y. Malone
    Patrick Y. Malone
    • Travis McGill
    • (as Patrick Malone)
    Pat Finn
    Pat Finn
    • Mr. Kroft
    Troy Bryant
    • Matt Eckert
    Renn Woods
    Renn Woods
    • Mrs. McGill
    • (as Ren Woods)
    Henry Winkler
    Henry Winkler
    • Skip Fine
    Michael Flynn
    Michael Flynn
    • Sheriff Randall
    Kip Niven
    Kip Niven
    • FBI Agent Brown
    Curly Green
    • SWAT Commander Hansen
    Christy Summerhays
    Christy Summerhays
    • Margaret Fine
    Marcia Dangerfield
    Marcia Dangerfield
    • Mrs. Sullivan
    Greg Kean
    Greg Kean
    • Deputy Manners
    Steve Anderson
    • Principal Dresser
    Lynne Van Dam
    Lynne Van Dam
    • Miss Richards
    Joey Miyashima
    Joey Miyashima
    • Mr. Braddock
    • Director
      • Michael W. Watkins
    • Writer
      • Larry Golin
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    User reviews22

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    9izik79

    AMAZING

    From head to toe - an outstanding piece of cinema. Great actors, fine directing and writing. Got me on the edge right from the beginning. Well done!
    sweetsugar_13

    i loved it

    to be honest i practically loved that movie...in the time i rented it i think i watched it about 12 times. The sad thing is now that most of the movie rental stores got rid of it. i was so angry i tried to go rent it last night, i went to three stores and none of them had it. But i don't think i have ever cried so hard in a movie, ever. It is a movie that makes you think, but get scared all at the same time, it makes you wonder would someone i know ever do this? but it's doubtful. i tried to make a lot of my friends watch this movie, but most of them said no, and like me, agree that it is an amazing movie and think that the way is made and how the actors act in it is completely brilliant. i don't think there is any other movie that i've seen like it yet.
    8residentevil6901

    My high school

    This was filmed at my high school right before they tore it down. It gives me some sadness when I watch it as I know it's gone forever and the story was based on actual events. Never was much into made for TV movies but this one was done well. I always liked Ricky Schroeder & Henry Winkler, they both performed well here. I miss my old Jordan High. Beetdigger forever.
    10martinvonmartian-39437

    Hostage situation, not a Mass Shooting.

    It's entertaining, nothing to write home about.

    The acting isn't that great, but certainly not awful and it does show how deranged minds think. Dude walks into a school, commits a heinous act and then starts buddying up with his potential victims like he is some hero. It's pretty natural, most people in a crisis do something they regret later and often will do anything to convince themselves of not being "the bad guy".

    Realistically, I don't remember any shooting ever happening like this, it's usually less dramatic and more delusional like the first part of the movie. It would have ended pretty much during or right after people got shot.

    I don't know why they made it resemble something like some terrorist, escaped convict or bank robber trying to escape from the police, when Active Shooters usually don't last more than 5 to 10 minutes. Which is hard to make a movie about unless you really go into the psyche or the shooter. There has been only 1 shooting like this (that I know of) in Canada, where Denis Lortie walked into Parliament and shoot a ton of Politicians and René Jalbert talked him down, it's quite amazing and a great show of courage and a clear indication that mental illness is hard to screen for.

    In Short: This is less a mass shooter movie than it is a hostage situation movie, it's entertaining and shows how people can have distorted thinking and without help can end ups doing real harm to themselves and others.

    The music used is pretty good and adds to the scenes.
    10vaela

    Every time I finally stopped crying, something happened to make me cry again

    I just saw this movie on court tv, and I flicked in on it about twenty minutes into the movie. Every two minutes it seemed I was crying and i think I will be depressed for the rest of my life. But it was a good movie. It was really really good... and sooooo sad.

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      The movie is based on actual events. Eric Houston, a former student, went on a rampage at Lindhurst High School in Olivehurst, California on May 1, 1992 where he had dropped out three years earlier. He shot and killed three students, one teacher, and wounded nine students and one teacher before surrendering to police. He was sentenced to death.
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      Referenced in The Dirties (2013)

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    • Release date
      • May 19, 1997 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Hostage High
    • Filming locations
      • Jordan High School - 95 Beetdigger Blvd., Sandy, Utah, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hill/Fields Entertainment
      • Natt Loze Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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