After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad. He then moves to California to be a sub for a predominantly Native Hispanic/Latin-American high school in Los Angeles. He is tormented by members of a Native Hispanic/Latino-American tag crew named K.O.S. (Kappin’ off Suckaz).

Samuel L. Jackson
as Trevor Garfield

John Heard
as Dave Childress

Kelly Rowan
as Ellen Henry

Clifton Collins Jr.
as Cesar Sanchez

Tony Plana
as Principal Garcia

Karina Arroyave
as Rita Martinez

Lobo Sebastian
as Benny Chacon

Jack Kehler
as Larry Hyland

Jonah Rooney
as Stevie Littleton

Demetrius Navarro
as Paco
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 ...