Olivia Duda The movie didn't seem very professional at the beginning. I thought it would be pretty generic, but the idea of the play within the movie is what made it up to an 8/10. The main character realising what he was planning beforehand, and the fact that the school didn't end up being massacred is what made it different to all the other movies. Although I didn't think the main character's backing away from his initial motives was obvious enough, it might be what made the ending unpredictable. It was a great thing that they only revealed the play after Trevor decided to stop everyone else doing the shooting. If they revealed it beforehand, then we could've guessed he would stop it, but I was pretty certain the shooting was still going to happen.

Ze_Costa_7 Trash Can! Retard! Weirdo! Loser! Freak! Spazz! Pizza Face! Those are just some of the names that can change your life forever... and it all starts in high school!Bang Bang You're Dead, when you watch it you don't think that you're gonna like it... but you're gonna love it and it's gonna change your mind and your life!It just shows how mentally dangerous and disturbing High School really is and how mean kids can really be!To me, this movie is EXCELLENT, one of the best movies I've ever seen! It really changed me... I love it and every time I have the chance I watch it over and over and over again!Great cast, great plot, great play! Gotta love it!!!

stef_nijssen What Fast Times was to the 80s, Bang Bang may be to 2002. Entirely different films tone-wise, these two titles may, nevertheless, present each decade's primary concerns revealingly.Bang, Bang, You're Dead gets its title from a play of the same name. That play examines the conscience of a fictional high school boy who went on a killing rampage not dissimilar to the fairly recent all to real ones.Bang, Bang, the movie provides us with a reason to believe that the play is a necessary one. Trevor, the main character, seems to be (to have been) on the brink of the kind of meltdown that could lead to columbine type violence. We encounter Trevor in the middle of his story, as the previous year saw him in trouble for a threat of violence. As a result of this outburst, Trevor is looked upon with suspicion by almost all of the other members of his community. Instead of receiving support from those tasked with being concerned about his welfare, he instead is objectified into a certain kind of _character_ whose options are limited.Mr. Cavanagh gives us a fine performance of what is more or less his TV character, Ed, thrust into the well-meaning and perhaps wiser than the rest of the community, theatre teacher who believes in Trevor's fitness for high school. Despite the outrage of the community, he wants to cast Trevor as the lead character in the play Bang Bang, You're Dead. Unfortunately, the folks in the town only know the basic elements of the play, as is indicated by their systematic failure to correctly recite the title.A study of the tenuous connections that hold a community together, and how those connections can lead to tension that pushes the breaking point, Bang, Bang shows us that we are not always as free from responsibility of our outcasts as we might suppose.Where the film "Bully" gave us a fairly unsympathetic case of teenage power dynamics and the explosive results, Bang Bang takes an intensive (and realistic) look into the conditioning done within high school halls. In the present mood of paranoia about the threats from outside of US culture, it's important for us to see that even in what might seem to be the most protected of our inner sanctums, we may force some elements of ourselves into an almost violent desperation. That this could occur to a middle class white male in a most similarly raced and classed environment, hopefully gives us pause when we think about the marginalization we force on those further from the so-called center.

Kali Kartheiser (Arien_Kartheiser) I've been in school not long time ago, I was in school when Columbine and it kinda scares me how good this movie is, every person remembers the time when something really embarrassing changed the way others look at them, well... this movie shows all that in the most crude way, how a person that act different can be a way to show why NORMAL is not always the best option, this kid Ben Foster is an amazing Actor I knew it when I first noticed him in "Get over it" but this movie must be his best work so far. the way the trogs act, the hurting on those eyes, on those little kids, those lost souls screaming for help, so amazing, so real, so good. I'm sure most of the people have seen this movie but is not a bad option for a day with your childs, it has everything you'll need to make them watch it and get the message.Amazing movie, there's no more words to express it.