The Substitute 2: School's Out

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The Substitute 2: School's Out

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Directed by Steven Pearl
Written by Roy Frumkes
Rocco Simonelli
Starring Treat Williams
Edoardo Ballerini

Susan May Pratt
Release date(s) April 3, 1998
Running time 89 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Preceded by The Substitute
Followed by The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All
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The Substitute 2: School's Out is a film directed by Steven Pearl and starring Treat Williams as Carl (later spelled Karl in future sequels) Thomasson, a mercenary who masquerades as a teacher in order to enter a tough urban school and wreak his revenge upon his brother's killer. The film has very little connection to the first film, other than Joey Six (Shale's only surviving mercenary in the movie, this time portrayed by Angel David instead of Raymond Cruz) aiding Thomasson during the course of the movie.

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Randall Thomasson is gunned down while attempting to talk his way out of a carjacking. His brother, Karl, attends his funeral and attempts to make amends with his niece, who is angry that Karl never contacted her or her father.

Karl decides to investigate his brother's death, and goes undercover as a teacher, facing cynical and reluctant faculty, violent and disruptive students, and a system that -- to Karl's eyes -- has become broken from the inside, all while attempting to protect his teenage niece.

Recruiting Joey Six, and a rather unorthodox janitor, Thomasson turns the school into an after-hours battleground, fighting against well-armed gang members, and -- eventually -- the school's auto-repair teacher (B.D. Wong), who is also involved in the gang's 'chop-shop' operation.

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