The Principal 1987 by AverageMansReviews

The Principal 1987 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there will be flashing effects/colourful effects/shooting/drugs/sexual assault/medical/references to many things, I am not being lazy here I just can't remember all of them such as cultural/population divided.

Brandel High School: briefly; this English teacher gets a job promotion Rick Latimer/Principal Rick Latimer [James/Jim Belushi:] well kind of he gets arrested for in a nutshell for this situation at a bar, so he has the choice of taking the job or it is indicated nothing. But this high school is the worst ever it is in the slums and it is an urban high school, so in essence they have sent in a screw up to sort out other troubled or/and lost teenagers in this heavily dilapidated high school location. Jake Phillips [Louis Gossett Jr.] he is the head of security for their school and once was a pupil here.

Generally speaking: the framework and pacing for this 109 minutes film is good, but it does have one quite obvious technical problem, the sound volume is an issue from the perspective of either way the background music is quite loud, whilst by comparison with a dialogue exchanges so if you put the volume up to hear the dialogue exchanges you may want to be prepared for the sudden loud music and yes as I was born in the 1980s I am aware, I am very much aware that in some films these technical issues or I am seeing it as a technical issue, but it may have just been a case of working with what they had and keeping in budget at the time of filming, we also have the usage of montages as well.

Character developments, performances, comedy and action; the character developments are very good versions of what you expect them to be of a dilapidated school with a lawless environment and characters to match with coming-of-age in some way or another, likewise the performances are excellent, and based on they are not the most polished performances, but in this location and environment you would lose the authenticity of these characters/performances if they were performed to highly anyway, they needed something gritty or/and not willing to tolerate either a new principal in town or/and what is happening in this lawless location; but a special mentions has to go out to Belushi, Gossett Jr. and Rae Dawn Chong as Hilary Orozco: she is a history teacher at the school: between this trio they really do support one another and lead this cast excellently. The comedy comes from dealing with this or being in this environment, so the comedy is mature based and the action as a result of dealing with these situations, so to the younger generations that read my content; yes you will see people in authority putting their hands on these younger characters, but remember this the punishment will always fit the crime and no I am not trying to justify it to you, but it is how you turn responsible teenagers into responsible adults hopefully.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; it is well worth a watch at some point in your life there are only two major disappointments about this movie; the first is; it only made $19.7 million at the box office from a budget of $11 million and it could have done with a little bit more actually a lot more recognition in the way of awards be it winners or nominations; so as things are we have 1 Nominee accredited to this film in the form of; Young Artist Awards 1988 Young Artist Award Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Jacob Vargas: as Arturo Diego: a good kid that can't read too well, by today's standards he is dyslexic.