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The Substitute

6.9/10

Rating

114 min

Runtime

1996

Release Year

Robert Mandel

Director

Cast

Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, Marc Anthony, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán

Quick Synopsis

In an inner-city school in Miami, a teacher is injured when she confronts the school's gang leader. Her boyfriend, who is a mercenary and combat specialist, decides to go undercover as a substitute teacher at the school to identify and stop the gang leader. As he investigates, he uncovers a larger criminal conspiracy operating within the school. To address this threat, he reunites his former team from a previous jungle mission to help him bring down the criminals.

Detailed Synopsis of The Substitute

When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.

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