This Substitute is definitely the best in the series and gets the not-as-rare-as-you’d-think honor of being a sequel that’s better than the original. Actually, come to think of it I thought The Substitute 2: School’s Out was also better than the first one. Whatever, Treat Williams (Deep Rising) pretends to be a smug college professor because he’s returning a favor for a dead buddy of his. But what the kids don’t know is that he’s really a smug ex-soldier of some sort (I forget specifically what) that’s there to bust a drug ring that involves the school’s football team.
The story is a great one and the football players are all juiced up all the time so there’s plenty of confrontation (including in a pizza parlor and a classroom). Everything about this one just works real well and I highly recommend it. The good thing is that it’s pretty self contained so don’t feel like you need to see the first two before tackling this one. In fact I would suggest starting with this one and if you like it then move on to the others.
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