Detention is a 2003 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It stars Dolph Lundgren as a soon to be retired high school teacher Sam Decker who has one last detention to proctor and Alex Karzis as Chester Lamb. Unfortunately, drug runners have chosen to attack the school. Sam must band together the trouble makers and misfits in detention to defeat the criminals and stay alive. Hamilton High School is no place for a teacher who cares. Teacher Sam Decker , a former soldier, doesn't care anymore. He's quitting. After military service in the Gulf War and the former Yugoslavia, he returned to his... inner city neighborhood to teach at the toughest school in town. He wanted to make a difference -- but nothing does at Hamilton High. Frustrated and angered by a system that doesn't work, Sam hands in his resignation. But the day he does, he pulls one last detention duty with the toughest kids in the school. It's a bad day for all.
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| Release date: | September 5, 2003 |
| Directed by: | Sidney J. Furie |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Screenplay by: | John Sheppard |
| Estimated budget: | $5,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |