The Substitute
Summary:
An ex-mercenary (Tom Berenger) becomes a take-no-prisoners teacher in a drug-ridden, gang-infested Miami high school in this campy morality tale about restoring lost American virtues to the inner city. Berenger's character, Shale, has no first name, a shadowy past as a patriotic gun-for-hire, and is temporarily unemployed and living with an idealistic teacher, Jane Hetzko (Diane Ver... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Tom Berenger - (Shale)
Ernie Hudson - (Claude Rolle)
Diane Venora - (Jane Hetzko)
Marc Anthony - (Juan Lacas)
Glenn Plummer - (Darryl Sherman)
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Review:
Robert Mandel's ludicrously over-the-top action film is an instant camp classic. Tom Berenger stars as a former mercenary who takes over his girlfriend's (Diane Venora) class after she's kneecapped by one of her more unruly students. He wins over his class through the movie-teacher ploy of throwing out the curriculum to talk about real ... Continue >>
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