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Release Date: April 19, 1996
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime
Director: Robert Mandel
Writer: Roy Frumkes, Rocco Simonelli, Alan Ormsby
Cast: Tom Berenger, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzman, Richard Brooks, Ana Azcuy, Diane Venora, Glenn Plummer, Sharron Corley, Vincent Laresca, Maurice Compte
Studio: Orion Pictures
Running Time: 114 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for strong violence, language, brief nudity

The aphorism is blunt and oft-repeated: "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." But for Shale (TOM BERENGER), a gritty mercenary trained to overpower dictators and topple governments, teaching a lesson to Miami's gang and drug-infested public school system means nothing less than a call to action.

After a dangerous mission in Cuba, Shale finds himself and his team temporarily unemployed when his school teacher girlfriend, Jane Hetzko (DIANE VENORA), is viciously assaulted by thugs...

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