Drifting School

Drifting School

Can their adventure into the future change the mistakes of the past?

1995 · 84 min · ★ 6.0 · Action, Science Fiction

A spy satellite has malfunctioned and is going to crash into the Earth. The US government bring on line a power laser. When the laser strikes the satellite, it causes a rip and time and sends Monroe High school 200 years into the future, including teachers, students and an escaping criminal. The students find themselves in a barren world, where they are set upon by the escaped criminal and a fierce monster.

Directed by Junichi Mimura · Written by Eric P. Sherman

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