LESSON PLAN
Poland, 2022, 101 minutes, Colour.
Piotr Witowski, Jan Wieczorkowki, Antonina Jarnruszkeiwicz.
Directed by Bette Daniel Markowicz.
Lesson Plan is a Polish film but the action and characters could be found in action shows from any country, especially the models from the United States – and thinking of Jean Claude van Damme, Steven Seagal, Chuck Norris…
The central character is a Detective, Damian,, retired, difficulties with authorities, his friend, a teacher, murdered and set up as the manufacturer of drugs in the high school. Damian then takes his place to investigate what happened, tangling with the tough security guards and the school, some tough members of the classes, a lot of violence, sexual harassment, martial arts fights.
Eventually, the truth is made known, the headmaster of the school being in control of the production and dealings.
Mainly for those who enjoy an action show.
- Action film? Police detection? Teens, school, drug dealing and production? Martial arts fights? The combination?
- The Polish setting, universal? Police and detective work? Burnout? Authorities? Undercover work, posing as a teacher? Collaboration with students, investigating students, school staff, threats? The drug network, including the students, including the principal?
- Damian as hero, background, character, police work, burnout, attitude to authority, his teacher friend, his death, the framing for being the drug producer, Damian and his decision to go undercover, interview, the other members of the staff, the headmaster and questions, the classes, the teenage students, spirit of rebellion, taunting?
- Damian and his investigations, the accusations against his friend, the science laboratory, the science teacher and his being forced to be complicit, the security guards in the school, working for the dealers, the attacks on Damian, the fights? Agata, her place in the school, the threats, her denying the truth? Later change of heart? Interactions with the students, the tough gang and their leader, the fat boy and his wanting to be part of the group? Taunting behaviour? The contrast with the other students and their assistants?
- The plot of the teacher and his family, his wife and her concern, the son, finding Damian at the school, sense of betrayal, Damian trying to protect him?
- The details of the investigation, Damon and the dangers, the threats, the security guards and their violence?
- The headmaster, the reputation of the school, his acceptance of Damian? And his unmasking, the framing of Damian’s friend? The control of the drugs?
- The set-ups, the fat boy and his change of heart, collaboration, the unmasking, the fights, and vanquishing?
