Film1987109 min

The Principal

Name: The Principal
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
Released: 1987
Duration: 109 min
Cast: Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Wright, J.J. Cohen

Taste attributes: actionadventurecrimedramamafia/gangsterunsavouryheavyrealisticlineargrittybig & variedcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilunderdog triumphs

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"He's teaching the students at Brandel High two words... NO MORE."

Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, sweeping crime drama, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.5 /10

TMDB · 184 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.

Synopsis: TMDB