Demolition University

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Demolition University

Demolition University DVD cover
Directed by Kevin Tenney
Produced by Jim Wynorski
Peter Yuval
Written by Steve Jankowski
Starring Corey Haim
Ami Dolenz
Laraine Newman
Robert Forster
Erin Beaux
Khrystyne Haje
Music by Dennis Michael Tenney
Cinematography Zoran Hochstätter
Editing by Daniel Duncan
Distributed by Sunset Films International
Release date(s) 1997
Running time 90 minutes
Country USA
Language English
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Demolition University is a 1997 direct-to-video action film starring Corey Haim and Ami Dolenz. It is the sequel to 1996 film Demolition High.

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The film opens with terrorists breaking into a secure area, to obtain a certain solution. The terrorists have a man on the inside, who betrays his fellow officers and aids the terrorists. The base is destructed as the terrorists leave the area.

Lenny Slater (Haim) is in all sorts of trouble with his college football team, when he and the quarterback, Bruce McGuinness (Beaux) have words during practice. Meanwhile the terrorists have dispatched their vehicle on a highway and obtain a new means of transport.

After practice is broken up, Slater chases after Jenny (Dolenz) whom was doing sprint training next to the football field. Slater engages her in a playful conversation, trying his best to convince her to let him take her to the homecoming dance. Jenny teases Slater by not giving him an answer, before too long Slater has to run, as McGuinness and his friends see him and start to run towards him. As McGuinness and his team mates chase Slater, Slater takes refuge on a school bus, where he successfully hides from them. However, the school bus then gets filled with students, including McGuinness and Jenny which forces Slater to pose a potential physics student. The terrorists have entered the city's water and power plant, where they gather up all the staff as hostages.

The bus is on route to the same water and power plant, as a field excursion. When confronted by the Professor, the surprised guard, who is a terrorist is forced to give them entry into the plant so no suspicions would arise. Whilst passing through the gate, Slater spots an AK-47 in the guard's office, and what he believes was a dead body behind some trash cans. When he confronts the professor with his claims, she reminds him of his reputation as a practical joker and orders him to remain behind in the bus.

As the other students file off the bus, Slater is left by himself. He notes a couple of men who sport machine guns, and watches them, as they perform some type of liquid extraction in their van. Inside the plant, McGuinness stops Jenny and asks her to be his date as opposed to Slater; Jenny also turns him down, the pair then notices they have been left behind. The rest of the students and the professor are order to the hostage area. One of the terrorists, the American traitor, calls a military officer with their demands, it turns out the traitor was once a solider under the man he is calling, who left him behind in battle in the Persian Gulf in 1991. The terrorists demand that a prisoner is released or they will contaminate the city's water supply with the 'VX solution'.

Slater enters the plant and finds both Jenny and McGuinness, Slater attempts to explain that the plant is being held by terrorists, McGuinness however does not believe a word of it and asks one of the guards for assistance who shoots at them. Slater and Jenny get away but McGuinness is taken hostage. Slater and Jenny are forced to evade numerous attacks on them, as they run and hide in various locations around the plant, meanwhile the military start to gather around the perimeter. The pair shouts out to the military but instead get shot at by a terrorist, which starts a shooting frenzy between the military and the terrorists.

After a short period of time, the prisoner arrives, so the demands will be met. However, in the exchange of the prisoner, the American terrorist and his old military commander exchange words which sees the military agent being shot, which results in panic and more gunfire where the valuable prisoner is killed by an FBI agent.

In the plant, the hunt continues for the two missing hostages, Slater and Jenny, who take it upon themselves to try and foil the attack on the water supply. Jenny creates a diversion, as Slater is able to grab the terrorists, as Jenny uses her speed to get to the small bomb in time and throw it off the water supply entry. Slater then grabs the VX solution, which he saw being extracted earlier when he was left on the bus. Slater and Jenny rejoin the hostages as McGuinness also helps, as they overthrow the few remaining terrorists. The party survives, despite McGuinness getting injured from a shot in the shoulder. The military arrive & arrest the terrorists.

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