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The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All

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Mercenary Karl Thomasson (Treat Williams) comes to Long Island to pass along a medal to his dead friend's daughter, college English teacher Nicole Stewart (Rebecca Staab). When Nicole is attacked by student football players who are afraid she might fail them, Karl acts as her substitute teacher to discover who was behind the beating. Investigating the campus, he learns that football coach Bill Braden (Scott Wilkinson) is giving his team steroids and will stop at nothing to achieve success.
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Caffeinated Clint Moviehole The Substitute series is great entertainment. Williams kicks ass! Rated: 3/5 Apr 19, 2008 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 11, 2005 Full Review Leon Wood Apollo Guide Rated: 30/100 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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alan g Still worse. I would give negative stars if I could. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/12/25 Full Review Phillip H Just a fun 90s action movie Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/02/25 Full Review Stan C First off, it's a B-Budget Movie. People will complain because Tom Cruise wasn't in the umpteenth title role (thank gawd). It's a great theme about the decline of the American value system. Corruption, Crime, Abuse of Authority and those trapped in the cesspool. It's a great theme about the those who rose to the American dream, and fought to preserve... now seeking to do the same in our communites. How the individually strong can make a difference and bring justice and peace to our communities, while dispatching those who would sully & destroy it. Treat Williams is a great character action, and he captures the deadly bookworm role utterly. All these shallow, arrogant, self serving evil doers... leaning "never judge a book by it's cover," the HARD WAY. The theme of the necessity to fight force w force, and to be prepared to do so... the effective way to address and rectify the negative climate. Hats off to the producers of The Substitute Series, for a meaningful moral on our to preserve the American Dream... and it's takes a 'Bookworm' to do it! BRAVO!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/25 Full Review Jelisije J Lets copy the same formula as the first two, but instead of high school lets go to college...... Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/23/24 Full Review Bill C Very rarely do I watch a movie that I consider a total and complete waste of time, but this was it. The first two chapters of this series were passable and even enjoyable. This movie was so far off the formula that it might as well have been a totally different movie altogether. I spent more time completing the crossword on my phone than actually watching the movie. This probably should have been a compressed episode of "21 Jump Street" rather than an installment in this series. The script was practically non-existent, the actors seemed completely embarrassed to be in it, and the only positive to the entire thing was that it finally ended. This movie should only be on your device if you passed out and it auto-started while you were unconscious. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/27/24 Full Review Jason A These movie just keep going down hill. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Mercenary Karl Thomasson (Treat Williams) comes to Long Island to pass along a medal to his dead friend's daughter, college English teacher Nicole Stewart (Rebecca Staab). When Nicole is attacked by student football players who are afraid she might fail them, Karl acts as her substitute teacher to discover who was behind the beating. Investigating the campus, he learns that football coach Bill Braden (Scott Wilkinson) is giving his team steroids and will stop at nothing to achieve success.
Director
Richard Radler
Producer
Terry Spazek
Screenwriter
Roy Frumkes, Rocco Simonelli
Production Co
Lionsgate Films
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2012
Runtime
1h 27m
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