i have see bad and which be a backhanded way of say how crummy this film be . the plot be ridiculous represent a student shoot a police officer and five more take him hostage . in a dimly lit and smoky new york school and somehow this clichéd hostage situation take 24 hour to resolve . be you serious . a day long hostage situation with a wounded nypd officer no less and take all day . i realize this film be make pre 9/11 and but still . i look at the clock and wonder how they could possibly drag this overdone plot on for another hour and 10 minute . the acting be mediocre at best all around and and the character be seemingly think up by 7th grader . the child abuse kid and the pregnant scared girl and the violent gang wannabe and a confused unfortunate victim and the wise crack white guy . please . try to make this hostage situation into a mission for more textbook and good school condition . please this be a weak attempt to justify write a movie about a kid who shoot a cop . theyre confuse and ignorant idiot who get involve in a dumb far fetched situation . don not try and paint them and suddenly and a noble and the most laughable be ziggy and who live in the school attic and admire michaelangelo so much so that he paint these striking scene on the wall . you have get to be kid me . the no racism sign in the protesting crowd . a black kid shoot a black cop and a black negotiator try to patch it all up . this be a random message . i understand the overall message and which be poorly portray and albeit by some actor who have go on to respectable career . this be a joke though the red sniper laser on the roof . the bad scene be the kid and fake snow fall and die in the arm of his buddy on the roof and promise me etc . how original . the epilogue of i go to prison but now i be pre law at xyz university . a fitting way to end a joke of a movie .