187

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Summary: Samuel L Jackson's finest hour
Review: To Hell with the critics, this is one of the most powerful films of the 1990's. The normally over-rated Samuel L Jackson is superb too.

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Summary: What a Shame
Review: What a Shame
Reviewer: Kris from Portland, OR United States
What were they thinking? In order to know the depth of stupidity of this film, you must judge it in relation to its contempararies. "Dangerous Minds", "Lean on Me" "Blackboard Jungle" and even the lesser "Hard Lessons". These films present a world in which teachers truly touch the lives of their students. The closest one to this film would be "Lean on Me." Based on the life story of principal Joe Clark, this film definately has a harder edge to it than the other films, and tells of the extreme measures that sometimes must be taken in order to achieve a safe haven. The other films in this list, while good in their own right, the character's achieve their goals rather easily considering the opposition. "187" on the other hand is a revenge fantasy/bloodbath that is ultimately an insult to those who actually attempt to affect change in the forgotten parts of our country by giving hope to those who believed they had none. For those of you who want a meaningful film rent one of the above, for those of you who like this film may I suggest "The Substitute". I haven't seen it, but from what I heard it is another film with a homicidal teacher, at least it might have the action you crave without the ridiculous pretention of "187"

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Summary: not latin its HISPANIC
Review: wow this movies was mind blowing. the ending reminded me of the 'godfather' movie. samuel jackson and clifton gonzalez give an amazing performance and i really like watching them intereactive with each other. this movie deserves five stars!!

and for those of you reffering latin people, its hispanic! not latin. lets get that strait, aight? peaze out yall.

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