Dangerously Close( 1986)

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Rebel without a cause or a clue at an elite but uptight college discovers some of his classmates have formed an even more elite clique more or less hell-bent on ridding the school, and quite possibly American society, of what they deem to be its undesirables because of ethnicity, politics, etc. Our hero recruits a teacher and some other "less desirable" classmates to undermine the elitists, and, naturally, things get quite violent.

Top Billed Cast

John Stockwell
Randy McDevitt
John Edward Peck
Donny Lennox
Carey Lowell
Julie
Bradford Bancroft
Krooger Raines
Don Michael Paul
Ripper
Thom Mathews
Brian Rigletti
Gerard Christopher
Lang Bridges
Madison Mason
Corrigan
Anthony De Longis
Smith Raddock
Carmen Argenziano
Molly
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Leon Biggs
Dedee Pfeiffer
Nikki
Karen Lorre
Betsy
Greg Finley
Morelli
Debra Berger
Ms. Hoffman
Angel Tompkins
Ms. Waters
Rosalind Allen
Mrs. McDonald
David Boyle
Mr. McDonald
Adam Gifford
Mark Durbin
Eric Bartsch
Pete Bentley
Joe Nipote
Steve
Tony Kienitz
Paul
Dru-Anne Perry
Barbie
Paul Mitchell Rosenblum
Toby
Kelly Chapman
Bobbi Page
Rebecca Cruz
Vanessa
Noelle Nelson
Dispatcher
Tom Fridley
Student
Dan Bradley
Bouncer
Brian Maguire
Police Sergeant
William Zimmerman
Policeman
Deborah Hanan
Member of 'Lost Pilots' Band
Larry Key Hancock
Member of 'Lost Pilots' Band
Russell Scott Ziecker
Member of 'Lost Pilots' Band
Brad Willis
Member of 'Lost Pilots' Band
Robert Rusler

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Thu Sep 14 2023

**_A (superior) Massacre at Central High_** An underprivileged teen (J. Eddie Peck) attends an upper-class school near the coast in SoCal where a group of students, organized by a teacher who’s a Vietnam vet, guard the school from thuggish behavior. The leader of the Sentinels (John Stockwell) tries to woo him into his increasingly arrogant group. “Dangerously Close” (1986) had the same producer as "Massacre at Central High" from ten years prior. I point this out because the plots & settings are similar, albeit this one doesn’t have the awkward twist of the second half of “Massacre” and ...