Substitute, The

Substitute, The

1996

Inner-city Miami schoolteacher Jane Hetzko (Diane Venora) gets her knee broken when she stands up to the school's gang leader, Juan Lacas (Marc Anthony). Her boyfriend, mercenary combat specialist Jonathan Shale (Tom Berenger), goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk, but soon discovers that Lacas is merely an underling for the real criminal mastermind. Assembling the team from his last jungle raid, led by his right-hand man, Joey Six (Raymond Cruz), Shale declares war.

Failure is not an option.

JBscale
43
Mediocre

Film Detail

Genre
Action - Crime
Length
1 hr. 54 mins.
US Theatrical Release
April 19, 1996
US Box Office
$14,818,176 (#3846 of 7074)
Global Office
No Data Available
Rating
R
Restricted
Brief Nudity, Language, Strong Violence

Collection Detail

Release Method
Digital Only
Aquired Format
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 1.85:1
Audio
English: DD+ 5.1
Studio
Lions Gate Films
Released
June 18, 1997
Acquired Date
February 16, 2021
Times Seen
1 Time
Last Watched
Watched without a recoreded date.

Actors

Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger
Raymond Cruz
Raymond Cruz
William Forsythe
William Forsythe
Luis Guzmán
Luis Guzmán
Diane Venora
Diane Venora
Glenn Plummer
Glenn Plummer
Shar-Ron Corley
Shar-Ron Corley
Vincent Laresca
Vincent Laresca
Maurice Compte
Maurice Compte
Marc Anthony
Marc Anthony
Ernie Hudson
Ernie Hudson
Beau Weaver
Beau Weaver
Cliff De Young
Cliff De Young
Noelle Beck
Noelle Beck
Richard Brooks (II)
Richard Brooks (II)

Directors

Robert Mandel
Robert Mandel

Producers

Morrie Eisenman
Morrie Eisenman
Jim Steele
Jim Steele

Writers

Roy Frumkes
Roy Frumkes
Rocco Simonelli
Rocco Simonelli
Alan Ormsby
Alan Ormsby

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Ratings

JB Users
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RT Rotten
42%
Tomatometer
26 votes
RT Stale
41%
Popcornmeter
239 votes
METASCORE
41
19 votes
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
16,553 votes