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The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 24 april 2001 with Treat Williams

The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option (2001)

The Substitute 4 : Failure is Not an Option

The Substitute: Failure Is Not an Option
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Released in USA 24 april 2001
Length 1h31
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Action
Rating47% 2.3633652.3633652.3633652.3633652.363365

The Substitute 4: Failure Is Not An Option is a 2001 action film. Starring Treat Williams once again as Karl Thomasson who is now an undercover policeman that must infiltrate a military school's faculty to cease the actions of a white supremacist cult. This was the last entry in the popular "The Substitute" series and was released direct-to-video.

Synopsis

Karl Thomasson (Williams), an ex-Special Forces soldier and retired mercenary, is now working as a police detective. One day, he is approached by his old army buddy Teague who gives him a mission: working undercover at a military school where Ted, Teague's nephew, is one of the cadets. Teague believes that the cadets and the student faculty are part of a white supremacist cult being run at the school. Karl accepts the mission and begins working as a history teacher at the school, seeking to expose and eradicate the cult.

Actors

Treat Williams

(Karl Thomasson)
Angie Everhart

(Jenny)
Patrick Kilpatrick

(Brack)
Bill Nunn

(Luther)
Tim Abell

(Devlin)
J. Don Ferguson

(Colonel Teague)
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