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.
The Substitute has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Substitute was released in 1996 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 118 reviews, giving The Substitute (1996) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 64%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 46%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Substitute than critics were.
With a score of 59%, The Substitute is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1996, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1996 with similar scores include films like 2 Days in the Valley, Undertow and Everything Must Go.
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