“Monday Morning” (1990, MVD Video Rewind) Relentless hazing at the hands of school bully Brandon Hooper drives sensitive new kid Noah (son of Robert) Blake to take his classmates hostage when Hooper tries to threaten him with a gun. Modest teen-angst drama began life as a student film and never quite rises above those limits, though writer-director Don Murphy (the “Transformers” franchise) lends a degree of production polish to the B-movie proceedings. Performances are spotty (especially Hooper), but the presence of Lisa Rinna, Blake Lively’s brother Jason, and “Simpsons” voice actor Karl Wiedergott in the cast, as well as the unfortunately prescient finale, anchored around a school shooting, offers the film’s clearest appeal. MVD’s Collector’s Edition Blu-ray, part of its VHS-faithful Video Rewind series, offers an alternate home video cut, titled “Class of Fear,” a new interview with Murphy and a vintage profile of his career.
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