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The Substitute

The Substitute

1996 · Movie · 1h 54m · R

The highest scoring of the four films in The Substitute series, ahead of The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (49). Streaming on Prime, Peacock, and Tubi.

Synopsis

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.

Ratings

SourceRatingWeight
IMDb6.1/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes44%21%
Metacritic41/10021%
TMDB7.0/10618 votes16%
Balasaur Score55100%

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