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The Substitute (1996)

Danish title: Vikaren

Genre(s): Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller

Runtime: 114min. (1h. 54min.)

Language: English

My rating: Not Yet Rated

Cast: (48 - show/hide all)

Tom Berenger...Jonathan Shale
Raymond Cruz...Joey Six
William Forsythe...Hollan
Luis Guzmán...Rem
Richard Brooks...Wellman
Ana Azcuy...TV Announcer
Diane Venora...Jane Hetzko
Glenn Plummer...Mr. Darrell Sherman
Sharron Corley...Jerome Brown
Vincent Laresca...Rodriguez

Crew:

Robert Mandel
...Direction
Roy Frumkes
Rocco Simonelli
Alan Ormsby
...Script
Gary Chang
...Music

Plot:

After a botched mission in Cuba, professional mercenary Shale and his crew Joey Six, Hollan, Rem, and Wellman head home to Miami, Florida, where Shale is reunited with his fiance Jane Hetzko, who is a history teacher at Columbus High School in Miami. Some of Jane's students happen to be members of a street gang known as the "Kings of Destruction" (KOD), led by Juan Lacas, who has been terrorizing Jane. After Jane's kneecap is broken by a big seminole named Bull, she tells Shale that she believes Lacas ordered the attack, so Shale goes undercover as Jane's substitute, and initially, Jane has no idea that Shale is doing this. At the school, Shale meets principal Claude Rolle, librarian Hannah Dillon, and english and drama teacher Darrell Sherman. It turns out that Lacas is one of Jane's students. As Shale investigates the attack on Jane, he discovers that drugs are being circulated into the school...
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