School's Out Forever

Troublemaker Lee Keegan gets kicked out of an all-boys private school. Soon after, the world is hit with an apocalyptic pandemic and only those who have O neg blood type survive. He goes back to the school to rendezvous with his mother who is trying to journey home.

I have a tough time rooting for anybody other than the nurse. First, the main kid is a brat. He's annoyingly whiney while trying to project boyish charms. His friend is a psychopath. The boys are mostly Lord-of-the-Flies proto-frat-boys. They spend their time drinking rather than preparing for the inevitable attack. Quite frankly, I'm surprised that they didn't rape the paralyzed prisoner. The teacher is pathetic and arrogant. I don't like most of these people. I do like the nurse's final act. I like some of the action. It would help if Lee is a more likeable character.

I have to admit that when I read that the movie was set to take place during the aftermath of an apocalyptic event, I was a bit thrilled and interested in watching this 2021 movie from writer and director Oliver Milburn.

And so I did.

But the movie wasn't really what I had hoped for. Sure, "School's Out Forever" was watchable, but this was just a movie that ended up being too mundane and bland. It was essentially the storyline that failed to entertain me, as I had expected a bit more from the movie than what it turned out to be.

Initially the movie started out alright and it seemed to be heading in the right way as the apocalyptic event started to take place, but then writer and director Oliver Milburn sent the movie on a journey down a sloped hill; a journey from which "School's Out Forever" never bounced back. The story settled into a slump and ended up being nothing more than mediocre actually.

It should be noted, though, that the acting performances in the movie were definitely good from everyone on the cast list. So that was certainly something that carried the movie a great long way. And the characters that the actors and actresses had to work with were well enough detailed and fleshed out. Just a shame that the storyline itself sort of sank into the mud and never got back on track.

Ultimately, while I managed to sit through the entire ordeal that is "School's Out Forever", then this wasn't a noteworthy or memorable movie experience. It was watchable, yeah, but that was essentially all there was to it.

My rating of the 2021 movie "School's Out Forever" lands on a very bland and mediocre five out of ten stars.

Start as a comedy, then black humor to more drama with gruesome moments. i was expecting a dud, but i was surprise and please overall with the actors. Because of covid times , it deserve an 8 . Soundtracks and soundscape also good.

Apocalypse set in a School so you get a chance to see people killed with Javelins , Sulphuric Acid ( Conc ), School Ties , Bunsen Burners , Library Books etc which makes a nice change !

This is not a comedy in the slightest way. It should definitely not be categorized as such. That being said, it's an alright apocalyptic/pandemic film. I just went into it expecting something totally different.