The Substitute 4: Failure is Not an Option Review
By Christopher Null
One of the more audacious plots I've seen, this sub's mission is to infiltrate a Neo-Nazi group at a military prep school and bust it up. It's not hard to find the Nazis -- they're the ones with bizarrely shaved heads and the swastika brands. But when they start shooting bazookas at the nosy substitute, well, that's when things get rough.
Equally audacious is the casting of vamp redhead model Angie Everhart as a military medical officer. I will say she looks good in uniform, though she's out of it as much as she has it on.
Naturally, The Substitute 4 is wholly ridiculous, and its silly tagline invites far too many obvious jokes at its expense. That said, it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be -- and at least it goes out on a limb and says that Nazism was a really bad thing. Kudos for that one.
Facts and Figures
Year: 2000
Reviews
Contactmusic.com: 2 / 5
Cast & Crew
Director: Robert Radler
Producer: Robert Radler
Screenwriter: Dan Gurskis
Starring: Treat Williams as Karl Thomasson, Angie Everhart as andJenny, Patrick Kilpatrick as Brack, Tim Abell as Devlin, Grayson Fricke as Ted Teague, Simon Rhee as Lim, Scott Miles as Buckner, Brian Beegle as Frey, Samantha Thomas as Harmon, Bill Nunn as Luther
Also starring: Robert Radler, Dan Gurskis