Leofwine_draca A lame, by-the-numbers science fiction thriller. Occasionally I don't know why I bother watching films; the feeling hit me when watching this. One of those absolutely pointless, low-budget sequels designed to cash in, this offers nothing at all of worth. The reason I got it? The pictures on the box, sad to say. They showed some androids which looked pretty good, but on actual viewing of the film, there is none of this. In fact the reason I watched it was to wait and see the actual special effects of the robots - which were shown on the back cover. Come the twist ending, I realised that I had been horribly mislead. The substitute of the title is in fact NOT an android, instead a de-programmed man who struggles with his human nature. What a letdown!The only special effects of note are a few uninspired death scenes and shootings - but there's no gore to speak of, at least nothing is as graphic as you would come to expect. The film shambles on from scene to boring scene, involving us in stupid and pointless teachers who sleep together a lot, argue and fight. The acting is incredibly bad - even worse than in a television movie. The substitute bloke is played by someone out of KICKBOXER 2, which tells you something about the level this film achieved. I had a quick look at some info on the first film in this series, and was amazed to see the cast including Malcolm McDowell and Pam Grier. What happened here! We get one nobody and a whole group of non-actors and actresses. It's insulting.While there are a few okay-ish moments involving the sub murdering the students he doesn't like, these aren't really handled very well at all. They're not violent enough and there's nothing memorable. What little budget was available was obviously wasted on some huge explosions, which are nice to look at but, as is the case with the rest of the film, lack substance. How many times do we have to watch the android bloke walk towards the camera while something explodes behind him? To make matters worse, some interesting-looking clips are shown - from the first film, presumably, just to rub in what we're missing out on here.The big finale involves happenings at a paintball game, giving you some idea of the tiny scale events are played out on here. You know it's a low budget film when the background is bare and lacking in decoration or other actors (as it frequently is here). Events draw out for a ridiculously suspended "will he kill he or won't he" sequence where the substitute repeatedly tries to kill the heroine before being stopped (either by himself or by somebody else). I could have told you the outcome from reading the back of the box. This is a film to avoid at all costs, as it's entirely, utterly pointless.

Paul Andrews Class of 1999 II: The Substitute starts like any other ordinary morning at at an everyday American high-school except that they have a new substitute teacher named John Bolen (Sasha Mitchell) who is in fact a reprogrammed military robot. A reprogrammed military robot who likes to kill off the unruly students & when local school thug Sanders (Gregory West) & his scumbag gang starts to hassle his fellow teacher Jenna McKensie (Caitlin Dulany) he takes a very dim view of it...Directed by Spiro Razatos I thought Class of 1999: The Substitute was an OK time waster, I thought this sequel to the original Class of 1999 (1990) was going to be awful & in that respect it didn't disappoint & I suppose it was but not quite a bad as I thought it was going to be. The script by Mark Sevi moves along at a fair pace although after the opening 20 or so minutes it leaves the classroom & descends into a drama as a teacher is harassed because she is going to testify against a student & this is what the bulk of the film consists of rather than the classroom action & violence of the original before it ends with a paint-ball contest gone wrong, in fact I can only remember one scene set in a classroom during the whole film. The character's & narrative could have been better too, for instance early on in the film Bolen kills the schools principal & this is never mentioned again which seemed odd considering he was the principal & therefore a pretty important person & the kid that he recognises & kills for reasons we never discover. There is also a distinct lack of exploitative elements which don't help, overall it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be but it's still pretty bad all the same.Director Spiro does OK, there's some low budget but reasonable action scenes but I'd liked to have had some gore as there isn't any as it stands at the moment. There are a few OK one-liners as Bolen dispatches his victims.Technically Class of 1999: The Substitute is alright, there are one or two nice shots but nothing outstanding. The acting isn't up to much I'm afraid.Class of 1999: The Substitute isn't a particularly great film, in fact if I was pushed I'd say it was a pretty crap one but it did keep me watching until the end & at least it wasn't as bad as I had been expecting.

Horrorible_Horror_Films This movie really does predict the future! It was made in 1994, and early in the movie there is a scene with the principle and he says something about president clinton being incited. Of course in 1999 he wasn't indicted, but he was impeached by the house! Wow! Conspiracy? Or just a really stupid movie? OK, the past 3 days I have watched "Saturn 3", "Shredder" and now "Class of 1999 II: The Substitute" and by far Class of 1999 II was the worse, compare all 3 movies, that is really saying something. This stupid piece of crap didn't even have gruesome deaths to keep it interesting. The attempt at a meaningful plot made it so unbearable. The 'gangs' in this movie wear the most ridiclous clothes, who is going to be in a gang and look like that? Not worth watching at all, not even to laugh at.

Lee-Jay Class of 1999 is in my opinion a good film. This is one of those films where you like it or you don't .. Sasha Mitchell is very good as John Bolen. Although it is a low budget film, the story is very smooth running with some memorable moments. Sasha Mitchell who originally starred in Dallas, comes across nicely as the school teacher with a secret, inside he is in conflict between all the traits that he holds dear. This is in one of my favourite films. *****