187 "Samuel Jackson"

N.Y.C. high school teacher Jackson is stabbed by a student, and relocates to L. A.'s San Fernando Valley. But conditions at the school there are equally rough, and soon some of his students turn up dead. Pretentious treatment of a genuine problem: violence in American schools. A corny, obvious script doesn't help, but the fine acting from all concerned does. Title refers to California state penal code for murder.

Rated:R

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