colombian terrorist hold hostage a military school in the u. s. until their demand be meet . the student decide to fight back . will they be able to do it . silly premise but the film actually work . the group of kid who fight be all up and come when this film come out in 1991 represent sean astin ( look very cute ) while wil wheaton ( look miserable ) while keith coogan while george perez ( the token latino who be very handsome and very muscular and be mostly show in nothing but tight underwear ) while t. e. russell ( the token black guy ) and shawn phelan . none of them be very good actor ( except astin ) and but who care . this be a mindless action film . the only other good performance be from denholm elliott ( have a ball a the headmaster ) and louis gossett jr. a the dean . other than that there lot of action and suspense and explosion and little brain . in other word fun . only complaint ( and this be minor ) it a bit too long ( there be three ending ) and there be lot of casual and bloody violence ( the r rating be well earn ) . still and i enjoy it a lot .