The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All (TV 1999)

At a college visit to a war buddy's professor daughter, mercenary Treat Williams finds her brutally beaten. He then poses as a teacher to teach a lesson to the football jocks responsible.

Director:

Robert Radler

Writers:

Roy Frumkes (characters), Rocco Simonelli (characters),

Stars:

Treat Williams, David Jensen, Barbara Jane Reams

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Treat Williams	...	Karl Thomasson
David Jensen	...	Macy
Barbara Jane Reams	...	Albanian Girl
Brian Simpson	...	Soldier #1
Jeff Jensen	...	Soldier #2
Rebecca Staab	...	Prof. Nicole Stewart
Erin Chambers	...	Terri
Michael Shane Davis	...	Josh Silver
Danny Hansen	...	Jeremy
James Black	...	Rahmel
Ed Cameron	...	Bo Robinson
Christian Jensen	...	Thad
Maxx Payne	...	Muscle
Robert Harvey	...	Counterman
Scott Wilkinson	...	Head Coach Bill Braden

Storyline

Professional mercenary Karl Thomasson, his friend Macy, and an albanian girl are being held in a brutal Kosovo prison where Macy is severely beaten. Just before he dies, Macy gives Karl a medal to give to Macy's daughter Nicole Stewart, who is a professor of english at Eastern Atlantic University on Long Island in New York. Karl and the Albanian girl then escape, and Karl kills their two captors. Three months later, Karl shows up at the university and visits Nicole, who is reluctant to accept Macy's medal because due to his military obligations, Macy was out of Nicole's life more than he was in it. Soon after Karl visits Nicole, she is brutally beaten up. When Karl hears of this, he has his friends Ed Lincoln and Rahmel help him take over as Nicole's substitute under a false name, then Karl brings another mercenary friend named Andy in on the investigation of the beating so Andy can work with Karl, Ed, and Rahmel. Karl believes it was a member of the football team who did it then he ...

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Plot Keywords:

mercenary | steroids | college | jock | tough girl | 

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Genres:

Action

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality,

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 August 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

A félelmek iskolája 3: Dupla vagy semmi

Filming Locations:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was shot in 16 days.

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Goofs

When Andy/Susie is breaking the fingers of the big mobster guy, her left leg is on top of him in some shots and tucked beside him in other shots.

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Quotes

Jeremy: Hey we only lost Vietnam because of Hippie's and draft dodgers, and you wouldn't see that crap today.
Karl Thomasson: So, uh, what's your name?
Jeremy: Jeremy.
Karl Thomasson: So you're saying domestic unrest undermine the military abroad. Is that right?
Jeremy: Yeah.
Karl Thomasson: And where'd you learn this? From one of you political science professors?
Jeremy: Rambo.

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Connections

Followed by The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2001)

User Reviews

Basically the same thing as the last movie...

After The Substitute 2, the films started to take a repetitive path. Person gets beat, mercenary comes to rescue, becomes good teacher, beats on some bad kids...ugh. Luckily, the Substitute 3 takes that same old formula and makes it good. Thommason is sent on another mission. After an old war buddy dies, he must bring a medal to his college professor daughter so she could remember him. But while Thommason is visiting with her, she gets beat by angry jock football players. Another mission is made for the mercenary. When he gets close to the attackers, he also covers a football team steroids scandal. Now, the formula starts all over again... Substitute goes to class. Class mocks him. Substitute shows class what he's made of. Substitute kicks butt. The action scenes in this one are a little bit better than the last, with realistic effects and enemies that actually do something instead of stand there. The B-movie shows itself in this one, with lines that are often unfitting and such. Still, it was fun. Can't wait to see four.