Super Detention

It's not that deep to be called Breakfast Club and it's not cool enough to be called X-Men. I guess the story line wasn't so bad, it had some potential to be as good as Sky High. The acting wasn't bad either. But the CGI was so pitiful, it made me cringe. And the director really needs to learn a lot about superpowers. The fight scenes didn't make any sense. Lots of weak points I can poke around, and by poke I mean ridicule. If this is an after school project, I would've given it an A-. But since it's intended as a movie, I had to give it a D-. And that's actually pretty generous, considering the lack of... almost everything.

This movie is horrible but i love it and it's so hilarious. There are a plethora of plot holes but the terrible acting really makes up for it.

First the positives: the acting in this is pretty solid. I especially enjoyed (surprisingly) the role of the principal played by Keith Cooper. Two reasons: he did a good job, and for once the principal wasn't a complete moron (the opposite in fact).

The school president was played well, the actor switching from self-absorbed dufus to a mature and stand-up guy. The bad guy was properly and enjoyably obnoxious while being charismatic at the same time (worst super suit ever though, costuming department).

The other characters were cliche, but the actors did as well as they could with the parts given. So the acting was probably the best aspect. The one exception was the "bad kid" who was so typically lame-cliche it hurt to watch. But that was more the directing and writing than the actor to blame.

The film started out interesting and fun, but then digressed into a boring mix of hyper-cliche scenarios, really bad lines, and monologues / morality discussions that would put an insomniac to sleep. It pretty much shoves ethics lessons down the viewers throats in a manner that would make a nun wince. After the first 15 or 20 minutes I found myself pretty much sitting and wondering if it was going to get any better.

To its credit there were individual scenes that were enjoyable (I especially enjoyed the principal's unexpected "stand up" scene-- but no spoilers there). So I have to give it 4 stars... a step below mediocre. Part of it is worth watching, other parts not so much. Overall, it could have been a lot better with just a little more effort and more competent writing.