Clifton Collins Jr., John Heard, Kelly Rowan

After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield (Jackson) moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent b...( read more  read more... )ullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad.

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17,178 ratings

R, 119 min.

Directed by: Kevin Reynolds

Release Date: July 30, 1997

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DVD Release Date: June 5, 2001

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  • October 31, 2008
    A great film, totally recomend people to watch this
  • June 26, 2008
    Great movie that ended in a pretty stupid way.
  • June 16, 2008
    Great Movie!!!
  • March 11, 2007
    A surprisingly effective film with Samuel L. Jackson in a brilliant role. Thrilling through its ups and downs to its shocking consclusion.
  • January 25, 2007
    a little wierd but interesting
  • November 16, 2009
    Nuts, but very close to the substitute and other in city highschool flics
  • November 10, 2009
    Lacks a strong vision
  • September 8, 2009
    Oh, this movie is freakin craa-z! It is extremely gripping, if for no other reason than to realize that anyone pushed too far can snap.
  • September 5, 2009
    This movie was great b/c Jackson was shooting Latino gang members with a bow & arrow.
  • July 11, 2009
    A rather boring plot but a sad ending

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  • IRONMANBLAST
    February 5, 2008
    Clifton Collins Jr. one of his first roles was in the cult favorite tv show (as far as Im concerned) Freddy's Nightmares.
    He was also in Menace 2 Society briefly He was also in Traffic and Capote as well and hes in 5 movies coming out for 2008 including the New Star Trek Movie
    Hope that helps
  • PinkStrawberry28
    April 9, 2007
    wut is the name of the actor that playes cezar in da movie? if anyone knows if you could answer me! thanks
  • mexicanthug4lyfe
    March 25, 2007
    THIS IS MA OTHER MOVIE THIS B BANGING MANG ITS SAD AT THE END TOO
  • canucks1624
    February 26, 2007
    kelly rowan was also in this movie (she's not mentioned in tha actors thingy)

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