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The Substitute
Directed by
Robert Mandel
R
1996
1h 54m
Action
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6.1
42%
40%
6.9
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Shale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.
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Cast of The Substitute
Tom Berenger
Jonathan Shale
Raymond Cruz
Joey Six
Marc Anthony
Juan Lacas
William Forsythe
Hollan
Luis Guzmán
Rem
Diane Venora
Jane Hetzko
Ernie Hudson
Claude Rolle
Richard Brooks
Wellman
Glenn Plummer
Darrell Sherman
Cliff DeYoung
Matt Wolfson
Peggy Pope
Hannah Dillon
Willis Sparks
John Janus
Ellsworth Davis
A.J.
Sharron Corley
Jerome
Rodney A. Grant
Johnny Glades
Frank Silva
Extra (uncredited)
Maurice Compte
Tay
Robert Mandel
Director
Roy Frumkes
Writer
Rocco Simonelli
Writer
The Substitute Ratings & Reviews
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...an appealingly larger-than-life premise that's employed to watchable yet consistently (and disappointingly) hit-and-miss effect...
Medium Popcorn
Justin Brown
This movie was a mess. Tom Berenger was atrocious.
Medium Popcorn
Brandon Collins
This was really bad. It was over the top and completely insane.
Gone With The Twins
Mike Massie
Many of Berenger's tough-guy routines are affectively cinematic, but the pacing is off enough that the action becomes noticeably sparse and the tension alleviated too often.
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Worth the time for its occasional nuggets of interesting action, and the performance by Berenger.
Fantastica Daily
Chuck O'Leary
What begins as watchable quickly degenerates into a no-brain action flick that produces a ton of derisive laughter.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
There's a sense of shrewd observation throughout The Substitute that makes it come alive and seem quite a few cuts above such usual genre fare.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Aside from a lot of only moderately-satisfying violence, The Substitute comes across as rather lame.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The title changes, the actors change, and the superficial details of the story change, but it is always about exactly the same thing: heavily armed men shooting at one another.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Those who appreciate the irony of a killing machine turned loose on a pack of nasty students will find The Substitute a source of nonstop delight.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
The entire setup is too garish to be credible.
Film.com
John Hartl
There's a certain amount of camp value to this over-the-top thriller, which might as well be called Rambo Goes to High School.
Film.com
Keith Simanton
An angry, white, mercenary movie out to spill blood and beat its manly chest.
Cinematter
Madeleine Williams
A poorly written and barely acted, but crowd-pleasing revenge flick.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Chris Hicks
The silliness of The Substitute escalates as the film progresses, so that by the end there have been plenty of laughs during 'serious' scenes.
Boxoffice Magazine
Rick Schultz
Settles for being a deranged version of The A-Team meets The Principal.
San Francisco Examiner
Barbara Shulgasser
This movie is a lot more entertaining than the Michelle Pfeiffer showcase Dangerous Minds.
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