The Brotherhood of Justice

1986 "They were the best kids in the neighborhood ... until they decided it was time to fight back."
5.5| 1h33m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 18 May 1986 Released
Producted By: Guber/Peters Company
Country: United States of America
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A group of high school students, led by a rich boy Derek, is sick of school violence and decides to become underground vigilantes named "Brotherhood of Justice". It starts with the idea "watching people", but things quickly get out of control. "Brotherhood of Justice" turns out another gang of violence. Derek wants to stop it but it is too late, so he takes responsibility for it and gives himself to the law.

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Develiker terrible... so disappointed.
GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.
Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.
BigHushtheRapper This was pretty rough to watch. I ordered it through Amazon Prime and I didn't see anything that said it was a TV movie. About 30 minutes into it I realized it either had to have been made for TV or it was rated PG. It definitely had a layer of "After School Special" that I couldn't ignore. A movie about high schoolers with such clean mouths never makes sense to me.It was fun to see so much future star power in the same cast, but the movie lacked the excitement I thought it would have based on the synopsis. I'm a Keanu fan, but even by Keanu standards his acting was horrendous. I did see many similarities between this movie and Point Break, which was interesting.Overall the story was unique and even more so after learning it was based on true events. I just feel like it was executed poorly and the pacing was painfully slow through most of this. It also felt like it was filmed with a home video camera.I would only recommend this movie for seeing these big names together so early in their careers, otherwise don't make an effort to watch this.
Rose1533 First off, I have not seen the movie, but I am aware of the events on which the movie is based. I'm a graduate of R. L. Paschal High School. Notice the spelling, please. No 'e' in Paschal.Funny, I told my college roommate how things at Paschal had settled down since I graduated. The next day, the news of the Legion of Doom broke.In defense of Paschal, I'd like you all to know that, though it has a lousy football team and has for some time, it is top academically in the Fort Worth ISD.I've only just learned of this movie, and now I'm interested in seeing it.
bkoganbing Santa Lucia High School has a real problem with juvenile delinquents. They're making it bad for the rest of the student body. After an inspirational talk from school principal Joe Spano, a group consisting of student government leaders and jocks decide to do something about it.Keanu Reeves and his friends form something called The Brotherhood of Justice. They've got access to information that local law enforcement doesn't have and they make use of it accordingly. They know who all dope dealer, thieves, and bullies are and the Brotherhood deals out their own brand of justice accordingly.Problem is that the members of this secret little fraternity start to use if for their own ends. It leads to some serious consequences for all concerned.This made for television film was the first notice both Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland got. This was before the Bill&Ted films for Keanu and the first Young Guns for Kiefer. Both of them show a charisma that was apparent back then. No doubt wither of them would become stars.Also Lori Loughlin of Full House and Billy Zane who was Leonard DiCaprio's nemesis in Titanic had some supporting roles.The specter of vigilantism is always beneath the surface in society. There is certainly a great temptation to make matters in your own hand. The Brotherhood of Justice is not a great film, but not a bad one either and a bit above the average drama geared toward the teenage crowd.
nycovom1 I had seen this movie when it first aired back in the mid-eighties(I was a senior in high school at the time), and when I saw it again recently on cable TV, I realized that, for a made-for-TV film, it's not too bad. It's not great, either, but at least the writer and director seemed to not want to crank out yet another quickie network television thriller. The story gets surprisingly gritty, and a little bloody, in places. Even so,I think this film's big claim-to-fame is that the actor in the lead role is none other than future Speed-ster, dude-in-training Keanu Reeves. Check him out here at age 21!