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The Substitute 2: School's Out

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The Substitute 2: School's Out
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DVD Cover
Directed bySteven Pearl
Written byRoy Frumkes
Rocco Simonelli
StarringTreat Williams
Edoardo Ballerini
Susan May Pratt
Distributed byArtisan Entertainment
Release dates
April 3, 1998
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Substitute 2: School's Out is a 1998 action-crime-thriller film directed by Steven Pearl and starring Treat Williams as Carl Thomasson (later spelled Karl in the sequels), a mercenary who masquerades as a teacher in order to enter a tough urban school and wreak his revenge upon his brother's killer.

The film has very little connection to the first film, other than Joey Six (Shale's only surviving mercenary in the movie, this time portrayed by Angel David instead of Raymond Cruz) aiding Thomasson during the course of the movie.

Cast

Synopsis

Randall Thomasson is gunned down while attempting to talk his way out of a carjacking. His brother, Carl, attends his funeral and attempts to make amends with his niece, who is angry that Carl never contacted her or her father.

Carl decides to investigate his brother's death, and goes undercover as a teacher, facing cynical and reluctant faculty, violent and disruptive students, and a system that -- to Carl's eyes -- has become broken from the inside, all while attempting to protect his teenage niece.

Recruiting Joey Six, and a rather unorthodox janitor, Thomasson turns the school into an after-hours battleground, fighting against well-armed gang members, and -- eventually -- the school's auto-repair teacher (B.D. Wong), who is also involved in the gang's 'chop-shop' operation.