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The Substitute

The most dangerous thing about school used to be the students.

Rating 7.0 / 10Release April 19, 1996Runtime 114 min

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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