Poster from TMDB
Film · TMDB
7.0When 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.
Released: 1996-04-19114 minDir: Robert MandelAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerBox office: $14.8MPart of: The Substitute Collection
Cast
- Tom Berenger as Jonathan Shale
- Raymond Cruz as Joey Six
- Marc Anthony as Juan Lacas
- William Forsythe as Hollan
- Luis Guzmán as Rem
- Diane Venora as Jane Hetzko
Themes
- mercenary
- gang
- drug
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
17,913 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
42%
Metacritic
41/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
via OMDb · IMDb
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 246301
Show 4 more facts
- publication date
- 1996-04-19
- title
- The Substitute
- review score
- 41/100
- box office
- 14818176
Sources (13)
via Wikidata · CC0
Gallery (6)
Connections
IMDb
Entity
Artisan Entertainment
Entity
Cuba
Country
Miami
Entity
racism
Entity
Vietnam War
Concept
cocaine
Entity
Roger Ebert
Entity
Blu-ray Disc
Entity
mercenary
Entity
Ivy League
Entity
Rotten Tomatoes
Entity
action film
Entity
thriller
Entity
Los Angeles Times
Entity
Fandom
Entity
Billboard 200
Entity
Box Office Mojo
Entity
Metacritic
Entity
Def Leppard
Entity
Categories
1990s crime action films1990s high school films1990s hood films1996 action thriller films1996 American films1996 crime thriller films1996 English-language films1996 filmsAmerican action thriller filmsAmerican crime action filmsAmerican crime thriller filmsAmerican high school filmsAmerican teen filmsArtisan Entertainment filmsEnglish-language action thriller filmsEnglish-language crime action filmsEnglish-language crime thriller filmsFilms about educatorsFilms about mercenariesFilms about school violenceFilms about veteransFilms directed by Robert MandelFilms scored by Gary ChangFilms set in Miami