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The Principal

1987 · 1h 49m · Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama

IMDb 6.3 Metacritic 37 RT 44%

Skip it. This 1989 action flick about a principal cleaning up a drug-riddled high school has decent bones, but the critics consensus is clear—it's a muddled, mediocre execution that doesn't justify sitting through two hours tonight. Unless you're hunting for cheesy '80s action nostalgia, your time is better spent elsewhere.

Plot

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.

Director: Christopher Cain

Cast: Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Kelly Jo Minter, Michael Wright

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