# One Eight Seven (1997)

> After surviving a student stabbing, a determined teacher enters a Los Angeles high school where restoring order draws him into an escalating cycle of violence.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/3392

## Facts

- Runtime: 119 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Director: Kevin Reynolds
- Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Collins Jr., Tony Plana, Karina Arroyave, Lobo Sebastian, Jack Kehler
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118531/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: tense, bleak, angry, serious movie night, social issue film night

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- [The Principal (1987)](https://ember.film/movie/5198)
- [Lakeview Terrace (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/7649)
- [The Substitute (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/12521)
- [Higher Learning (1995)](https://ember.film/movie/9852)
- [Bang Bang You're Dead (2003)](https://ember.film/movie/10154)
- [Fresh (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/8068)
- [The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/18429)
- [Against the Wall (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/19810)

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