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The Substitute is a 1996 American action thriller film directed by Robert Mandel and starring Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson, Marc Anthony, William Forsythe, Raymond Cruz and Luis Guzmán. It was filmed at Miami Senior High School.
The Substitute: Directed by Robert Mandel. With Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán. Shale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba.
- (16K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Robert Mandel
- 1996-04-19
After a botched mission in Cuba, professional mercenary Shale and his crew Joey Six, Hollan, Rem, and Wellman head home to Miami, Florida, where Shale is reunited with his fiance Jane Hetzko, who is a history teacher at Columbus High School in Miami.
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Jonathan Shale is a mercenary and a Vietnam veteran who returns home to Miami after a botched covert operation in Cuba in which three men from his platoon were killed. He surprises his girlfriend, Jane Hetzko, at her apartment and is warmly welcomed. On the outside, Hetzko is a schoolteacher at inner-city Columbus High School, an institution with a...
Diane Venoraas Jane HetzkoGlenn Plummeras Mr. Darrell ShermanA soundtrack containing hip hop music was released on April 9, 1996 by Priority Records. It peaked at #90 on the Billboard 200 and #18 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Box office
In the United States and Canada the film grossed $6.1 million on the first weekend finishing second at the box office. In its second weekend, The Substitute made $2,705,358 in 1,762 theaters (a total of $10.4 million over the ten-day period), falling to eighth position. It then made $1,084,881 on its third weekend, a 60% drop on 1,130 theaters, and $451,525 on its fourth weekend finishing twentieth. On its fifth weekend it made $439,025, a 3% decrease with a total gross of $13.7 million. It r...
Critical response
The Substitute holds a rating of 41% on Rotten Tomatoes from 22 critics. Roger Ebert gave the film one star out of four, writing: "I am so very tired of this movie. I see it at least once a month. The title changes, the actors change, and the superficial details of the story change, but it is always about exactly the same thing: heavily armed men shooting at one another. Even the order of their deaths is preordained: First the extras die, then the bit players, then the featured actors, until...
Three direct-to-DVD sequels were made with Treat Williams replacing Tom Berenger: 1. The Substitute 2: School's Out(1998) 2. The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All(1999) 3. The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option(2001)
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).
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- Robert Mandel
- R
- Tom Berenger
After his girlfriend is attacked, mercenary Jonathan Shale (Tom Berenger) goes undercover at her high school as a teacher to roust out the gang that targeted her.
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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.
