Detention 2003

A teacher who cares is not welcome at Hamilton High School. Sam Decker [Dolph Lundgren] is a former soldier who has returned from battles in the former Yugoslavia and the Gulf War to teach at the toughest school in town. He carries the weight of his past, and after years on the front lines, he is ready to walk away and resign, hoping to leave the chaos behind.

On the day he plans to quit, he stays for one last detention with the school’s most challenging students. The room is tense, and the students push back against any sense of order. Among them is Jay Tee Barrow [Mpho Koaho], a sharp, rebellious presence who embodies the struggle within Hamilton High.

But outside, after hours, a well-organized group of murderers with automatic weapons and explosives invades the school to hide a hijacked stash: $300 million in heroin. Their plan is meticulous: set up two police cars in the auto shop, stash the drugs in hidden compartments, and slip away with the loot.

Led by the calculating Chester Lamb [Joseph Scoren], the intruders push forward, only to discover that Sam and a clutch of detained students are still inside. Lamb’s crew includes Gloria Waylon [Kata Dobó], Viktor [Joseph Scoren], and Alek [Anthony J. Mifsud], who continue to stalk the corridors while Lamb watches everything on surveillance cameras and twists the building’s security system to trap their prey.

The siege becomes a tense cat-and-mouse across hallways and classrooms as Sam shows the kids practical ways to survive against armed attackers. The group must unravel a larger, disturbing conspiracy that reaches beyond the school walls, touching the police department and even higher levels of power. School security guards and paid local police were supposed to ensure that the school was empty after hours. However, Sam and his juvenile offenders were not considered by anyone. Yet Sam still has tricks to show the kids and a stubborn will to survive, guiding them through a night where every corridor becomes a line of defense and every lesson could mean the difference between safety and catastrophe.

The lesson for tonight at Hamilton High School is survival.