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Actors: Tom Berenger, Diane Venora
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Substitute
A Vietnam War vet goes undercover as a high school substitute teacher to find out who's behind a drug smuggling ring, involving a gang known as the KOD.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%



Time/Era of Movie: - 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story? Yes
Criminal enemy is... - gang conflict - drug dealers

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
Age: - 40's-50's
Hair color? - white
Hair style - short/standard wavy (man)
Body type - muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type - average (woman)
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - Hispanic/Latinoa
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast
City? Yes
City: - Miami
Misc setting - building

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel... - excited
How many deaths in film? - dozens
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - seeing breasts
How much use of techno gadgets? - 2 ()
Kind of violence: - hand to hand - guns
Unusual forms of death - asphyxiation - flamed - perforation--bullets - perforation--swords/knives
Any profanity? - A lot of foul language
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Rap/hip-hop
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