Class of Nuke 'Em High starts at 'Tromaville Nuclear Utility' where a leak of radioactive material is reported to the boss Mr. Finly (Pat Ryan as R.L. Ryan) but he insists there is no problem & doesn't want any hassle from the authorities & tells everyone to forget about it. It's not long before the nearby 'Tromaville High School' is contaminated with radioactive water & a gang of drug dealers start selling weed that also has been contaminated with radiation. It's not long before the whole school goes into complete meltdown & slimy radiation monsters are running around poking people's eyes out...
Directed by Richard W. Haines, Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman as Samuel Weil I thought Class of Nuke 'Em High was better than most of the crap Troma make although that by no means makes it a masterpiece, far from it. The script by co-directors Haines & Kaufman along with Mark Rudnitsky & Stuart Strutin is dumb, has no real story, no real character's & it isn't particularly brilliant on any level. The script goes for comedy, a bit of social commentary & the usual bad taste gags that Troma are notorious for, any successful attempts at achieving these are purely by accident. The films funniest scene is when someone farts in someone's else's face, yep that the highest level of intelligence that Class of Nuke 'Em High reaches I'm afraid. It moves along at a fair pace, something is always happening even if it's not very entertaining at times, it doesn't take itself too seriously & it works on a basic level.
I can't quite understand why it took three people to direct Class of Nuke 'Em High (& four people to write it, four!?) because it's a pretty shoddy looking production throughout but is still better than most Troma films. There's no scares or shocks & it lacks any atmosphere although some may find it distasteful with scenes of old ladies being mugged & beaten up, guys growing breasts & girls giving birth to tadpole like creatures. The special effects are actually quite impressive & the slimy radiation monster at the end looks really good which was the last thing I was expecting. There's some gore here, a decapitation, a poked out eye, a severed hand & a cool scene where someone's face melts down to their skull.
Technically Class of Nuke 'Em High is basic but isn't as bad as I'd feared. One thing I must say though is that I hated the music which seems to play constantly in the background, it gave me a headache. The acting was variable but again better than the usual crap I've come to expect from the average Troma film.
Class of Nuke 'Em high is an OK way to pass 90 odd minutes, it's not brilliant & has virtually no story but there's enough twisted & depraved Troma nonsense here to make it worth a watch. Followed by Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991) which is the better film...
Directed by Richard W. Haines, Michael Herz & Lloyd Kaufman as Samuel Weil I thought Class of Nuke 'Em High was better than most of the crap Troma make although that by no means makes it a masterpiece, far from it. The script by co-directors Haines & Kaufman along with Mark Rudnitsky & Stuart Strutin is dumb, has no real story, no real character's & it isn't particularly brilliant on any level. The script goes for comedy, a bit of social commentary & the usual bad taste gags that Troma are notorious for, any successful attempts at achieving these are purely by accident. The films funniest scene is when someone farts in someone's else's face, yep that the highest level of intelligence that Class of Nuke 'Em High reaches I'm afraid. It moves along at a fair pace, something is always happening even if it's not very entertaining at times, it doesn't take itself too seriously & it works on a basic level.
I can't quite understand why it took three people to direct Class of Nuke 'Em High (& four people to write it, four!?) because it's a pretty shoddy looking production throughout but is still better than most Troma films. There's no scares or shocks & it lacks any atmosphere although some may find it distasteful with scenes of old ladies being mugged & beaten up, guys growing breasts & girls giving birth to tadpole like creatures. The special effects are actually quite impressive & the slimy radiation monster at the end looks really good which was the last thing I was expecting. There's some gore here, a decapitation, a poked out eye, a severed hand & a cool scene where someone's face melts down to their skull.
Technically Class of Nuke 'Em High is basic but isn't as bad as I'd feared. One thing I must say though is that I hated the music which seems to play constantly in the background, it gave me a headache. The acting was variable but again better than the usual crap I've come to expect from the average Troma film.
Class of Nuke 'Em high is an OK way to pass 90 odd minutes, it's not brilliant & has virtually no story but there's enough twisted & depraved Troma nonsense here to make it worth a watch. Followed by Class of Nuke 'Em High Part II: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991) which is the better film...