There are foot chases and shootouts — the latter conducted with confusing geometry at intolerable volume — and noble sacrifices and perhaps the single least surprising surprise car explosion in cinematic history. (theatlantic.com)
The violence is not exceptionally gory, but blood is detailed after people are stabbed, and one killing involves a violent car explosion. (parentpreviews.com)
Taking its cue from the liberating, rebellious high point of the Roger Corman - produced «Rock and Roll High School,» in which P. J. Soles and the Ramones rock the hallways of Vince Lombardi High, it offers up dizzying bursts of quintessential Corman: cheesy monsters, fiery car explosions, Vincent Price, blaxploitation kickass, marauding piranhas and Mary Woronov with a gun. (rogerebert.com)