THE SUBSTITUTE 2: SCHOOL'S OUT (1998)

MORGAN'S RATING

This ostensible sequel finds another substitute teacher adding vengeance to the curriculum; this time, Treat Williams steps into the role, hunting down the members of the vicious New York City gang who killed his brother and left his niece without a father.

Treat Williams (Karl Thomasson), Edoardo Ballerini (Danny Bramson), Christopher Cousins (Randall Thomasson), Chuck Jeffreys (Willy), Susan May Pratt (Anya Thomasson), Michael Michele (Kara Lavelle), Owen Stadele (Joel), Larry Gillard Jr. (Dontae), Camille Gaston (Keyshawn), Eugene Byrd (Mase), Angel David (Joey 6), B.D. Wong (Warren Drummond), Daryl Edwards (Johnny Bartee), Antonio David Lyons (Sodaboy), Paul Lazar (Mack Weathers), The Guru (Little B.), Cisco Davis (A.K.), Schooly-D (Tail), Shawn McLean (Badass), Julie R. Pearl (Faculty Lounge Teacher), Michael Knowles (Man Moving Table), Samantha Brown (Auto Shop Student), Reuben Seid (Cop), Harold Baines, Howard 'Stick' Baines (Lavatory Hoods), David S. Lomax (Warehouse Hood), Jalil Jay Lynch (Driver).

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: April 3rd, 1998 (USA) (TELEVISION PREMIERE) - Followed by two direct-to-video sequels: The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (1999), and The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2001).

DIRECTOR: Steven Pearl. WRITERS: Roy Frumkes and Rocco Simonelli, and based on the characters created by Roy Frumkes, Rocco Simonelli and Alan Ormsby. PRODUCERS: Morrie Eisenman and Robert Salerno. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Steven Bakalar and Deborah Cutler. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Joe Delia. DISTRIBUTOR: Live Entertainment.

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"None of the thrill of the original." -- Fred Topel, About.com

"Needless to say, everything about the film is melodramatically exaggerated, including the school and its students." -- DVDTown, John J. Puccio