1996 Directed by Robert Mandel
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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tom berenger killed like 100 guys in this movie but got flustered when it came time for sex.
who says action movies aren't relatable??
"the power achieved is the power perceived 🤓🤓🤓”
naw this was cool tho I liked it, it felt kinda weird seeing homie shoot some high schoolers n shit but man it is what it is fr
and shoutout jerome he making it out da hood 🙏🏽
I think I might've actually seen this, over a quarter century ago. I actually remembered a line or two!
And little else.
This isn't great. The premise is "okay, I guess, if you squint the right way," and so is the execution.
Tom Berenger vs Marc Anthony isn't exactly Balboa vs Drago in the annals of movie showdowns. Anthony is one of the least intimidating villains in film history, and Berenger looks pretty terrible in the fights, which leaves those scraps feeling very pre-80s. How is this 1996?
Fortunately, the supporting cast really comes through where the leads struggle. Without getting into spoilers, Ernie Hudson is great in a role where I wouldn't have placed him, and Raymond Cruz kicks so much ass that I really feel like he didn't get the career he deserved.
I have always avoided the Substitute thinking it was some sort of misguided fascistic white saviour hybrid of The Principle, Class of 1984, Stand and Deliver – sort of Paul Kersey in Sister Act 2. If I’d only known Berenger wasn’t actually a teacher, and instead of gangbangers it was a cartel – I’d have been using this as an audio-visual aid back in my own teaching days.
When his girlfriend (Diane Venora) is attacked, a mercenary (Tom Berenger) goes undercover at the rough high school where she works, as her substitute. Though initially focused on vengeance, Berenger will slowly develop a love for teaching and concern for the students, largely through their appreciation of his Nam stories. Can he…
Good evening and welcome fellow Children of Chaos.
You gotta speaks to kids in a language they understand, hammerlocks and broken fingers.
REMEMBER, I'M A FATHER.
Anyway. Despite the white savior trope in the movie it's pretty good. It is just so stupid. This Merc decided to avenge his injured GF he is going to infiltrate the school and gun down the local gang.
And he does with poorly shot action sequences and just some of the most uneven acting you'll find.
I love the girlfriend character, she overacts to Tommy Waiseu levels, and it is just so fun.
Fucks teens, fuck high school, fuck the cops.
Also what kind of Mercenary has a demo reel? when I hired...
CHAZZ: DUUUUDDDEEE!!!!!
Sage: Sorry, if I were to hypothetically hire a merc, I wouldn't want some weird action movie demo reel. Better?
Chazz: Much better dude!
Sage: Wanna review my next movie for me?\
Chazz: RADICAL
Pure popcorn entertainment. A bit too long at a certain point so by the end I was a bit worn out but the rest of the movie was actually pretty captivating (in a way only a ludicrous film like this could be).
Starts exceptionally strong as Tom Berenger makes a dude shit himself while eating cereal (the dude is the one eating, not Berenger), and then struggles to figure out if its a macho mercenary action film or another riff on Dangerous Minds/Blackboard Jungle.
It succeeds at being both but only in individual scenes as one or the other. It never manages to become a cohesive whole, and at almost 2 hours this does really harm the pacing and engagement.
There are enough moments to keep it entertaining though. The typical “connecting with the kids with a unique experience” thing may be cliched but that doesn’t diminish its effectiveness. Its a shame that that lasts for only a few scenes before we…
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Tom Berenger verprügelt die Lümmel aus der letzten Bank. Denn in der (nicht ernsthaft!) inoffiziellen Fortsetzung des Michelle Pfeiffer-Hits "Dangeroous Minds" ist an einer Highschool wahrlich "Gangsta's Paradise" ausgebrochen. Das sie ausgerechnet seine gute Freundin mit dem Baseballschläger bearbeiten kann er zwar mit ungelenken Nahkampfmoves verhindern, aber das reicht einem Söldner ohne Job und Heimat natürlich nicht. Gelangweilt vom Zivilleben und mit etwas Ehre und Gerechtigkeitssinn ausgestattet wird sich mit falscher Biographie an der Schule als Vertretungslehrer eingeschleust.
Nach ein paar züchtigungen der körperlichen Natur, holen die die Möchhtergencoolen-Mini-Gangster ihre großen Brüder. Aber auch unser Obersöldner hat ein paar explosive Freunde uns so kommt in der Schule beim Nachsitzen zum großen Hallalai...
Weder…
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Der ehemalige Söldner Shale schmeisst sich kurzerhand in die Lehrerschale, nachdem seine Freundin - richige Lehrerin - attackiert und verletzt wird.
Und an dieser Schule mitten in Miami geht es recht Rüde zu.
Die Kiddies nämlich haben´s nicht so mit dem lernen und mit Anstand und als Zuckerguss auf diesen desolaten Gewaltcocktail, fungiert die Lernstätte auch noch als Drogenumschlagsplatz.
Die Story hier ist ganz pragmatisch ausgedrückt: Für die Tonne.
Unglaubwürdig und blöd.
Möchte man hier soziale und gesellschaftliche Missstände und wüste Zustände in den amerikanischen Schulen anprangern gelingt das nur bedingt. Die Oberfläche dieser Themen werden nur angeritzt und diese Themen dienen eigentlich nur als Aufhänger für diesen Kawumm-Klopper. Andere cineastische Vertreter wie DANGEROUS MINDS, oder 187 machen…
Marc Anthony was a decent enough villain, but Tom Berenger was the hottest teacher ever.
