Samuel Jackson turns in his usual fine performnce. He is a multi-talented actor, as good at showing pathos as he is in action movies.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD This movie relates the story of a good teacher from an American inner city school who gets stabbed by a pupil he fails. His life as a teacher is ruined and he finds himself doing supply teaching work.
He is allocated to another school with a similarly disruptive class and a gang element, who set out to make life hell for him. He fights back and gives them some of their own medicine.
The performances throughout are excellent, from Samuel Jackson as the teacher to Kelly Rowan as the young lady teacher, equally afraid of her class. The final scenes are quite dramatic and extremely well played with powerful acting by both Jackson and the gang members.
Ultimately, however, it is a depressing film (are American Schools really like that? It is claimed to have been written by a teacher!!!).
I give it 6/10.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD This movie relates the story of a good teacher from an American inner city school who gets stabbed by a pupil he fails. His life as a teacher is ruined and he finds himself doing supply teaching work.
He is allocated to another school with a similarly disruptive class and a gang element, who set out to make life hell for him. He fights back and gives them some of their own medicine.
The performances throughout are excellent, from Samuel Jackson as the teacher to Kelly Rowan as the young lady teacher, equally afraid of her class. The final scenes are quite dramatic and extremely well played with powerful acting by both Jackson and the gang members.
Ultimately, however, it is a depressing film (are American Schools really like that? It is claimed to have been written by a teacher!!!).
I give it 6/10.