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Dangerously Close

1986 · 1h 35m · R Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by Albert Pyun

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Overview

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.

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11%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Dangerously Close is more than just a stylish shocker. It captures the ugly underside of a new teen-age obsession, forcing us to marvel at its ferocity and shudder at its possible consequences.

Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

It surely does not contain any socially redeeming value.

Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune
Rotten

The movie revels in the kind of sadism it criticizes.

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten

Unfortunately, the adolescent world created within the film extends to its conception.

Nina Darnton, New York Times
Rotten

This movie lacks the courage to admit what it is really about.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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