There's not much to redeem this movie. But when you see Jeff Speakman and William Shatner on the cover, you pretty much know what to expect. Cheese, and lots of it.
Chris Lemmon was actually passable as a bad guy, despite being the worst actor in the entire world. Charles Robinson (Mac from Night Court) was also very good.
One of the best scenes is the schoolbus car chase. Although we're meant to believe they're driving across town, they are clearly just driving up and down the same street over and over, passing--and crashing into--the same cars repeatedly. There are only about four cars in that scene other than the bus and the bad guys.
The car chases were very impressively overdone. Each time a bad guy's car rear-ended another car, it would take flight as though launched from a catapult. The bus was hit broadside, and exploded like it was packed with dynamite. Then it blew up again a bit later.
The music was remarkably terrible. It's like they just picked random pieces for each scene, and turned them up even louder during the quiet scenes somehow believing this would add to the suspense.
Overall, I have to give it a 4 just for cheese value.
Chris Lemmon was actually passable as a bad guy, despite being the worst actor in the entire world. Charles Robinson (Mac from Night Court) was also very good.
One of the best scenes is the schoolbus car chase. Although we're meant to believe they're driving across town, they are clearly just driving up and down the same street over and over, passing--and crashing into--the same cars repeatedly. There are only about four cars in that scene other than the bus and the bad guys.
The car chases were very impressively overdone. Each time a bad guy's car rear-ended another car, it would take flight as though launched from a catapult. The bus was hit broadside, and exploded like it was packed with dynamite. Then it blew up again a bit later.
The music was remarkably terrible. It's like they just picked random pieces for each scene, and turned them up even louder during the quiet scenes somehow believing this would add to the suspense.
Overall, I have to give it a 4 just for cheese value.