Class of 1999 II: The Substitute is a 1994 Direct-to-video

Direct-to-video

Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...

 film about a new teacher at a troubled inner city school, where students all are affiliated with gangs, drugs, and violence. It was directed by Spiro Razatos and starred Sasha Mitchell

Sasha Mitchell

Sasha Mitchell is an American actor best known for his television roles as James Richard Beaumont on Dallas and Cody Lambert on Step by Step. Mitchell also holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.-Personal life:...

 as renegade teacher John Bolen.

The movie is a sequel to Class of 1999

Class of 1999

Class of 1999 is a 1990 science fiction film directed by Mark L. Lester. It is the director's follow-up to his 1982 film Class of 1984.-Synopsis:...

, but does not contain many links to that movie except inserted footage from "flashback

Flashback (narrative)

Flashback is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. Flashbacks are often used to recount events that happened before the story’s primary sequence of events or to fill in crucial backstory...

"-sequences, and a vague reference to previous happenings in the plot.

Synopsis

In this sequel to the 1990 movie Class of 1999, the setting is still a violent future metropolis where gangs rule the hallways and themes like education and higher learning are a mere memory. Jenna McKensie is a young, sweet high school teacher who witnesses the killing of one of her students by gang member Sanders. Jenna wants to testify, so Sanders and his thugs try to intimidate her with threats and even going as far as to try to rape her. The principal cannot suspend Sanders without definite proof of wrong doing, the cops have no evidence and Jenna's boyfriend Emmett wants to deal with Sanders himself, but Jenna does not want him to do that. Jenna starts to question whether or not suspending Sanders will improve the educational system or not. Enter John Bolen, a substitute teacher who believes in extremely strict discipline. Jenna takes a liking to him and feels she has found a friend who is willing to listen to her problems. John teaches Jenna that students should not be allowed to gain control of any situation in the classroom and that she must have a firm hand when it comes to teaching students. When Sanders and his gang try again to harm Jenna, John shows up in the nick of time and defends her from harm. John realises that Sanders and his crew have no respect for the faculty and decides to kill the gang members one by one. Then, Emmett and the local sheriff learn that an ex-C.I.A. operative named Gordon Ash is in town and is tailing John. It turns out that John is not an ordinary teacher after all: it seems that he is the last of a group of cybernetic fighting machines who are programmed to teach students and discipline those who misbehave: as it happens, Sanders and his group are at the top of John's "Termination" list. But then, John starts to malfunction and starts to target almost everyone for termination, even Jenna.

Cast

Sasha Mitchell

Sasha Mitchell

Sasha Mitchell is an American actor best known for his television roles as James Richard Beaumont on Dallas and Cody Lambert on Step by Step. Mitchell also holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.-Personal life:...

as John Bolen

Caitlin Dulany

Caitlin Dulany

Caitlin Dulany is an American actress of Irish American origin. She attended Northwestern University.-Filmography:* Red Shoe Diaries .... Claudia* Baywatch .... Trish Buckley...

as Jenna McKenzie

Nick Cassavetes as Emmett Grazer

Gregory West as Sanders

Rick Hill as G.D. Ash

Jack Knight as Sheriff Tom Yost

Diego Serrano

Diego Serrano

Diego Serrano is an American actor.Serrano was born in Quito, Ecuador. He has appeared on The Young and the Restless as Diego Guittierez and the long-running, defunct soap opera, Another World as Tomas Rivera . In 2000, he starred alongside star Jennifer Love Hewitt on the Fox television series...

as Ice

Berny Pock as Dennis Tiller

Denney Pierce as punk leader

Loring Pickering as high school principal

John Cathran Jr. as Monroe H.S. principal

Pete Antico as dumb kid

Christopher Brown as "D"

Eric Stabenau as Ray Buchanan

Jean St. James as Ms. Buchanan

Renie Millea as teacher

Ken Phillips as the substitute

Doc D. Charbonneau as punk

Phil Culotta as punk

Chris Durand

Chris Durand

Christopher Allen "Chris" Durand is an American film and television actor who, between 1989 and 2005, was a renowned movie stuntman.A native of Anaheim in California's Orange County...

as punk

Andy Gill

Andy Gill

Andy Gill is a founding member and guitarist for the English rock group Gang of Four, considered among the most influential post-punk bands...

as youth

Home media

Vidmark Entertainment released the movie on videocassette in March 1994. DVDs have been released in other countries such as The United Kingdom, but as of December 21, 2009, Lionsgate has yet to announce any plans for a Region 1 DVD release.