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Detention (2003)

Detention poster
Directed by
Sidney J. Furie
Genre
drama film, action film
Country
United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 64 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A high school teacher and a group of detention students must band together to fight off drug runners who attack their school. Sam Decker, a retiring teacher, leads the misfits in a desperate battle for survival.

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What happens

Detention is a 2003 American action film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It stars Alex Karzis as Chester Lamb and Dolph Lundgren as Sam Decker, a high school teacher who is about to retire and has one more detention to proctor. Sam, on the other hand, must unite the troublemakers and outcasts in detention to defeat the criminals and survive because the drug runners have chosen to attack the school. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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