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- Yes, this is very much formula filmmaking, but it works, thanks to efficient direction by Robert Mandel, decent action sequences, and a pretty good cast for this kind of exploitation fodder.
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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...
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- Robert Mandel
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- Tom Berenger
Jun 17, 2024 · But of all these movies, the most badass, by far, is a little movie called The Substitute starring Tom Berenger. In it, he plays a mercenary who goes undercover as a substitute teacher to...
Apr 19, 1996 · The name of the movie this time is “The Substitute.” It stars Tom Berenger as Shale, a mercenary soldier who has just returned after a raid on a Cuban drug depot. He goes to visit Jane ( Diane Venora ), a high school teacher he met on vacation in Latin America.
With Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán. 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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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Robert Mandel
- 1996-04-19
Tom Berringer is believable as a mercenary who seeks to find out why his girlfriend is attacked by a high school gang by becoming a substitute teacher. The acting, across the board, is excellent. The school principal, Glenn Plummer, provides a believable ringleader of the school gang with a powerful acting role.
Jan 30, 2018 · The Substitute (1996) “Don’t cry, sit down and have a shrimp roll” - Shale. Shale (Berenger) is a Vietnam vet and mercenary. He has a team of mercenary buddies that he does missions with – Rem (Guzman), Wellman (Brooks), the reliable Joey (Cruz), and the unhinged Hollan (Forsythe).
He's actually a mercenary who's investigating the attack on his teacher girlfriend, but along the way he manages to knock some sense into his class and helps take down the black principal's drug ring.
