Taps is lame in an 80's way! A group of cadets take over, by force, their military school after the commandant dies accidently by a group of town rowdies which causes the academy to close down. Just another lame 80's teen movie; what save Tap is the strong performances/character by George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, and Tom Cruise. Scott the statemen charms and mentors Hutton. Taps relationship mentor and student is a great sub story. Penn excellently portrays the conscious for Hutton, while Cruise is the all in gun ho character which pushes the bad hard. Worth watching once for the character, but a 6 star out of 10 story.
