The Substitute (1996) Reviews & Ratings

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The Substitute reviews

The Substitute holds a 7.0/10 average from 608 TMDB ratings.

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.

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