Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.
The Principal has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Principal was released in 1987 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 96 reviews, giving The Principal (1987) an average rating of 53%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 70%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 60%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Principal than critics were.
With a score of 53%, The Principal is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1987, which stands at 57%.
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