The "wrong crowd"

"'Message! Shmessage!'" Why should I listen to your "geeky voice of reason?" You and your "delicately hair-sprayed" "eighties hair" "type character" "make me" play my "instant classic" "greatest hits record" and "go too far" to "know the score" about "guys with earrings"; I see the "subcontext" that "works in most" "'class president'"s - and it is a "vigilante-not-that-bad message." ("''This made so much sense at the beginning''")

[whoooooa!] Instant classic. Seems to foreshadow every Keanu movie made after it. Too many self-referential references to even think about or mention. Contains a vigilante-not-that-bad message (perhaps not the best message for the high-schoolers this seems aimed at), but I've said on more than one occasion, "Message! Shmessage! Vigilantes are pretty good!" (this is a phrase which works in most situations).

Matt

[whoooooa!] Another teeny teen movie featuring some eighties hair, some eighties racial stereotypes, and an eighties Keanu role: a misunderstood kid who's hanging out with the wrong crowd. "The wrong crowd" in this case is a bunch of crazy high-schoolers who run around seeking vigilante-style justice, with a delicately hair-sprayed Kiefer Sutherland as the geeky voice of reason. You know the score: things go too far and it's up to Keanu to save the day! A highlight of his early movies.

Carla

[whoooooa!] Keanu plays the "class president" type character in this one, a role he pulls off pretty well. He does hang out with the jocks and other cool guys who end up forming the "brotherhood of justice" to take vengeance on hoodlums, drug dealers, guys with earrings, and other such slum of society. The cultural significance of this movie, what with all the many references to future Keanu movies, makes me really enjoy it. It is the subcontext of the movie that makes it so good. As we continue on through this movie, we realize that it is really a greatest hits record of all of Keanu's movies, and it has given us the slogan of the 'Thon: "This made so much sense at the beginning".

Jeff