One Eight Seven

When a Brooklyn high school student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield, Garfield feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but the same student stabs Trevor soon after. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as his old one—including four Latin Americans and a European American claiming membership in tagging gang K.O.S. (Kappin' Off Suckers)—driving him over the edge.

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

as Trevor

John Heard

John Heard

as Childress

Kelly Rowan

Kelly Rowan

as Ellen

Clifton Collins Jr.

Clifton Collins Jr.

as Cesar

Tony Plana

Tony Plana

as Garcia

Karina Arroyave

Karina Arroyave

as Rita

Lobo Sebastian

Lobo Sebastian

as Benny

Jack Kehler

Jack Kehler

as Hyland

Jonah Rooney

Jonah Rooney

as Stevie

Demetrius Navarro

Demetrius Navarro

as Paco

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This features a strong effort from Samuel L. Jackson but is really quite a depressing film to watch. He is "Garfield" - a teacher who survived a vicious knife attack at his previous school in New York, but who is still determined to persevere and so moves to another in Los Angeles. The teenage kids ...

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