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The Substitute
1996
· Movie
· 114 min
D
MEANRANK
51/100
Every rating
34–67
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 34, highest is Kinopoisk on 67.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A mercenary goes undercover as a substitute teacher at a dangerous inner-city high school. His true mission is to investigate a violent gang that he believes is responsible for assaulting his girlfriend, a teacher at the school. He uses his military training to take on the gang and clean up the crime-ridden school by any means necessary.
Details
- Director
- Robert Mandel
- Writers
- Alan Ormsby, Rocco Simonelli, Roy Frumkes
- Studio
- Live Entertainment
- Released
- 19 April 1996
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $14.8M
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