2hotFeature one of my absolute favorites!

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Leofwine_draca DEMOLITION HIGH is an amusing straight-to-video DIE HARD rip-off from Jim Wynorski, a man known for pumping out dozens upon dozens of B-movie features over the last few decades. This is by far the best Wynorski film I've seen because it's actually entertaining, at least in a mild sense. The story sees a bunch of terrorists invade an after-hours school with former '80s sensation Corey Haim the ageing student who stands up against them.Expect creative death sequences, cheesy one-liners, and a general lack of budget that doesn't stop Wynorski filling his movie with explosions, action sequences, and suspense. The workshop circular saw death sequence is incredible and stands up against similar moments in the likes of CLIFFHANGER and SUDDEN DEATH, while the lean, pared-down storyline is never boring. Watch out for THE WALKING DEAD's Jeff Kober in an effective turn as the baddie of the piece, along with cameos from the likes of Gerrit Graham, Dick Van Patten, and various others. An unlikely sequel, DEMOLITION UNIVERSITY, followed.

JamieWJackson "Demolition High" is ridiculous on many levels. However, it made me laugh a bunch. It seemed less like a fully thought-out movie and more like an exercise in putting actors into scenes. "Hey, we could have Corey shoot something out of a fire extinguisher!" "Yeah, and Melissa could walk menacingly up these stairs!" "Wait, we could use this circular saw for something..."What surprised me was that somehow the movie managed to include the absurd as well as occasional moments when the actors and the writing made me care a little bit about the characters. I've always like Corey Haim, for whatever reason, and even though this whole film was a transparent vehicle for him to play a role (and not a very convincing role), I still rooted for "Lenny Slater". I also liked a few moments with some of the supporting cast, certainly more than the shaky script and acting would suggest.Ultimately I give this a 5. It's laughable in many ways, but that was part of the fun. When Corey grabs a machine gun and runs *past* the injured Melissa, out of the room, down the hall, and *then* turns and fires randomly back at the room they squared off in, you can't take this seriously and you can't believe any of them did either. So just relax and enjoy the comedy, be it intentional or not.P.S. I had to "fix" this review because my original summary of "LOL" was interpreted as shouting -- even when I added periods. :-)

DevilPaul I caught this on TV one day when I was bored and waiting on some people. The movie kept my attention the entire time because it was so god awful. Corey Haim in a Bruce Willis "Die Hard" type role, Alan Thicke playing a hardened police chief, Dick Van Patten as a general, and a bunch of goofy terrorists who just happen to have as super model type as one of them. How can you go wrong? The special effects are lame, especially the guided missile that looks like a rocket model kit that you build at home only on a bigger scale.This movie is terrible, make no mistake about it. But it's so terrible that you can't help but laugh and watch to see just how cheesy it's going to get. It's actually quite entertaining.

justusdallmer The main reason for praising this film is the appearance of Melissa Brasselle, featured on the video cover at IMDb, but not mentioned by the other reviewers, who prefer to fuss about Corey Haim. Well, all you fetish-lovers, admire Melissa in her tight black leather outfit, untamed dark hair, falling in luxurious waves, her half-open mouth, spitting out words signalling dangerous danger and dark desires (mostly to kill, which she hmmmm, really enjoys) and trying-to-be-funny lines (the last words to the poor old watchman at the gate, or about her working ethics). There are two other girls in the movie (the FBI chick and the cheerleader chick), both are blonde, dumb and survive. This is not fair! I really wait for "Part II: Melissas Revenge". Apart from Mr. Wynorski's shameless attempts to enter his name into the movie, there is nothing to praise.