One Eight Seven (1997)

When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?

Movie · Drama, Thriller · 1h 59m · Rated 6.7/10 on TMDB · Released July 29, 1997

Overview

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.

Directed by Kevin Reynolds

Cast

• Samuel L. Jackson as Trevor
• John Heard as Childress
• Kelly Rowan as Ellen
• Clifton Collins Jr. as Cesar
• Tony Plana as Garcia
• Karina Arroyave as Rita
• Lobo Sebastian as Benny
• Jack Kehler as Hyland
• Jonah Rooney as Stevie
• Demetrius Navarro as Paco
• Ebony Monique Solomon as Lakesia
• Jonny Bogris as Barsek

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