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The Substitute

1996

Robert Mandel

Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson, Diane Venora, Glenn Plummer ...

4.9

6,424

Action. Drama After he did some jobs for CIA, ex-marine John Shale is visiting his high school love Jane. She's now a teacher in Columbus High School in Miami. Soon after his arriving Jane has her knee cap broken while jogging. After that, John decides to go undercover as her substitute in high school. Very soon he finds out that gang named Kings of Destruction is terrorizing the school. Shale is going to give everything to stop them, even his own life. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"I am so very tired of this movie. I see it at least once a month. The title changes, the actors change, and the superficial details of the story change, but it is always about exactly the same thing (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"Here's a film consisting entirely of things you've seen before (...) A sub-standard action movie (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"[It] is a guilty pleasure, but it's not garbage. Berenger brings to the role an appealing ruggedness and world-weariness"	POS
United States	Joey O'Bryan Austin Chronicle	"'The Substitute' is just too ridiculous to take seriously, and so the movie is not as offensive as it is hilarious"	NEG
United States	David Nusair Reel Film	"It’s an appealingly larger-than-life premise that’s employed to watchable yet consistently (and disappointingly) hit-and-miss effect by Mandel (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

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