john hughes son write a high school drama . wow . i think a i check the flick info here on imdb and late on a saturday night and have find myself watch the opening credit on bbc2 . i have just finish watch it and and sadly it be downhill from there on . arguably you can not spoil a film this poor and but i will leave the spoiler out of this review . there an awful lot of style over very little substance represent unfortunately the style hasn not date too well in the eight year since it release . a for the substance and the film try to pose an interesting look at the nature of control in society through the microcosm of school life while but beneath the shiny veneer and a remotely meaningful or relevant argument fail to materialise . character be paint in childishly broad stroke and fall into the kind of generic stereotype the writer father seek to question in breakfast club . director kyle cooper do a decent job keep the pace up ( perhaps rely a little too much on montage of information and which soon become a tiresome device and but at least push the story along ) and but his effort do not sufficiently detract from the poor script and bizarre casting ( how anyone be suppose to side with maddox and when blake shield gurns and glower his way through the part and i just can not understand ) and not to mention the numerous gaping plot hole ( i be all for creative license and but when the bad guy know the identity of the good guy make their life a misery and but fail to act in any way to stop them and you really have to wonder why this script do not undergo another few re draft before production do daddy even read it . ) . i be sure a young audience might get some enjoyment from this film ( and all power to them ) and but theyre really good off stick with hughes sr. high school output and and if the idea of school time rebellion be what really appeal and the 1968 classic if . be a much more satisfying examination of the subject .