flokkiblag Yeah, certainly it represents not a mainstream movie, also not a masterpiece. But, if you need to spend almost 90 minutes of brainless time this pseudosequel is good. The protagonist, Sasha Mitchell, plays good his role of cruel cyborg teacher, killing and destroying all things he hates around him. In fact, the scene of the incipit (with a school gang burned in a car) shows up it all, exploding in a gratuitous exploitation. Have a nice vision!

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.

Frank Markland Sasha Mitchell stars as John Bolen the robot teacher who is the only connection to it's moronic predecessor, in this movie he unleashes stern justice to gangs that sorely need it and in the process saves a teacher from the bad guy gang, while killing the usual innocent by standers. Despite what some will say, Class Of 1999 II is at least a vast improvement over Class Of 1999. The movie is at least somewhat balanced and the carnage never overwhelms the movie. However Sasha Mitchell is terribly miscast in the role, Mitchell is an actor who has a watchable screen presence (He was quite likable in Kickboxer 2, Kickboxer 3 and Kickboxer 4) but his whole nice guy approach fails to translate into a truly menacing figure. Class Of 1999 II:The Substitute actually starts out fairly well with Mitchell dispatching a gang not that unfamiliar from the gang in Class Of 1984 but after we hit the subplot involving a teacher who witnessed a shooting and the new gang's antics to force her not to testify. It becomes apparent this lame melodrama has been added to pad out the running time. The movie actually manages to become watchable whenever Mitchell springs into action but because the movie lingers to much on the clichéd boredom of the gang and the teacher the movie stops dead in it's tracks. Although the climax provides great black comedy as Mitchell dispatches innocent kids with poker faced (yet hilarious) seriousness. Also the action is competently staged and I guess on this angle the film works but I for one was far too bored with the unnecessary padding. So at the end of the day, you have a sequel (Which should be part 3) that is better than it's first predecessor but far inferior to the exploitation classic that spawned it and no amount of kickboxing from Mitchell will change this fact.*1/2 out of 4-(Poor)

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. *****