One Eight Seven (1997)

29/07/1997 (US)•Drama, Thriller•1h 59m

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When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?

Overview

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

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Samuel L. Jackson
Trevor Garfield
John Heard
Dave Childress
Kelly Rowan
Ellen Henry
Clifton Collins Jr.
Cesar Sanchez
Tony Plana
Principal Garcia
Karina Arroyave
Rita Martinez
Lobo Sebastian
Benny Chacon
Jack Kehler
Larry Hyland
Jonah Rooney
Stevie Littleton

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A review by CinemaSerf

6.0

Written by CinemaSerf on Jul 8, 2022

This features a strong effort from Samuel L. Jackson but is really quite a depressing film to watch. He is "Garfield" - a teacher who survived a vicious knife attack at his previous school in New York, but who is still determined to persevere and so moves to another in Los Angeles. The teenage kids there are a pretty disparate bunch, not really interested in education and certainly not interested in authority. Except, maybe, "Rita" (Karina Arroyave) who wants to succeed despite the pressures from her peers. From the outset, "Garfield" has a challenger in the young "Cesar" (Clifton Collins Jr) ...