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One Eight Seven

1997 · 119 min

A grim, tense descent into school violence that leaves you unsettled and drained.

Directed by
Kevin Reynolds
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Tagline
When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?
Overview
When a Brooklyn high school student writes the police code for homicide, 187, inside a textbook owned by teacher Trevor Garfield, Garfield feels threatened. The principal dismisses the incident, but the same student stabs Trevor soon after. Fifteen months later, a physically and emotionally scarred Trevor relocates to California and takes up substitute teaching. To his dismay, his new school is as full of dangerously undisciplined students as his old one—including four Latin Americans and a European American claiming membership in tagging gang K.O.S. (Kappin' Off Suckers)—driving him over the edge.

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Directed by
Kevin Reynolds
Genres
Drama, Thriller
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • justice
  • trauma
  • power
  • corruption
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Kevin Reynolds
Written by
Scott Yagemann
Starring
Samuel L. Jackson, John Heard, Kelly Rowan, Clifton Collins Jr., Tony Plana, Karina Arroyave, Lobo Sebastian, Jack Kehler
Cinematography
Ericson Core
Runtime
119 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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