THE SUBSTITUTE Is OUT TODAY On 4K UHD Blu-ray From Lionsgate Limited!
In this action-thriller favorite, now on 4K for the first time, a mercenary faces off against one of his most formidable enemies: a high school gang. Shale (Tom Berenger) is an ex-Vietnam vet reeling from a botched covert operation. Returning home, he reunites with his girlfriend, Jane (Diane Venora), a high school teacher who’s hospitalized after a beating by the Kings of Destruction gang. Hunting Jane’s attackers, Shale goes undercover as a substitute teacher, and uncovers a cocaine highway running through the school involving gang leader Lacas (Marc Anthony) and the school’s shady principal, Rolle (Ernie Hudson). Summoning his mercenaries, Shale goes to war with the Kings of Destruction – and rival guns for hire – on the unusual battleground of a high school, but for the usual stakes: life…and death.
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THE SUBSTITUTE
Available 3/17 on a Lionsgate Limited Combo Pack 4K UHD +Blu-ray + Digital
4K + Blu-ray + Digital SRPs: $39.97
Special Features on the 4K + BD:
- Lionsgate Limited Extras:
- Power Achieved Is Power Perceived: Director Robert Mandel on The Substitute
- Color Grade Is in Session
- Bullet Points: Storyboard-to-Film Exploration
- Theatrical Trailer
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Rating: Rated R
U.S. Release Dates: Lionsgate Limited 4K + Blu-ray + Digital Vestron Collectors Series on 3/17/26
Running Time: 114 minutes
Directed by: Robert Mandel
Written by: Roy Frumkes, Rocco Simonelli, Alan Ormsby
Produced by: Morrie Eisenman, Jim Steele
Cast: Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán, Richard Brooks, Ana Azcuy, Diane Venora, Glenn Plummer, Sharron Corley, Vincent Laresca, Maurice Compte, Marc Anthony, Ernie Hudson, Beau Weaver, Cliff De Young
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 1996
Title Copyright: The Substitute © 1996 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Closed-Captioned: No
Feature Run Time: 114 mins.
Subtitles: English, Spanish, SDH
Feature Run Time: 114 Mins.
Format: Widescreen (1.85:1) in Dolby Vision®
Audio: English Dolby Atmos
Adam Toroni-Byrne
Adam is a lifelong physical media collector. His love of collecting began with a My First Sony radio and his parent's cassette collection. Since the age of 3, Adam has collected music on vinyl, tape and CD and films on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and UHD Blu-ray. Adam likes to think of himself as the queer voice of Whysoblu. Outside of his work as a writer at Whysoblu, Adam teaches preschool and is a competing amateur boxer!
