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* Big"NO" : [[spoiler: Cesar, just before Garfield shooting himself]].
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* BigBad: Cesar, and the K.O.S.
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* BigBad: AllForNothing: [[spoiler: During the climax, Garfield attempts to reason Cesar. But It doesn't work. Both die at the end]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Cesar. During the climax, Garfield heavily criticizes Cesar's way of life. The latter replying "It's all that I have !". Garfield calls him a victim]].
* Big"NO" : [[spoiler: Cesar,and the K.O.S.just before Garfield shooting himself]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Cesar. During the climax, Garfield heavily criticizes Cesar's way of life. The latter replying "It's all that I have !". Garfield calls him a victim]].
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Garfield keeps his eyes open before shooting himself in the head]].
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* PhysicalScarsEmotionalScars: when Garfield takes off his shirt, we can see multiple scars on his back, due to the stabbing. The consequences of his scars have made Garfield more cautious towards the violence of some students and somber.
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* PhysicalScarsEmotionalScars: when Garfield takes off his shirt, we can see multiple scars on his back, due to the stabbing. The consequences of his scars have made Garfield more cautious towards the violence of some students and somber.PunctuatedForEmphasis: From Garfield, twice.
- "YOU. CAN'T. KILL ME !"
- "THE MACHO. IS. BULLSHIT !"
- "YOU. CAN'T. KILL ME !"
- "THE MACHO. IS. BULLSHIT !"
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: After graduation and Garfield's death, Ellen leaves the school, totally distraught]].
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* BigBad: Cesar, and the K.O.S.
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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Cesar. Despite all the words said by Garfield, he persists in his macho and nefarious ways... just to kill himself]].
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* TheCameo: [[spoiler: The student who stabs Garfield multiple times in the back at the beginning of the movie is played by Method Man]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Garfield shoots himself in the head at the Russian Roulette game (followed later by Cesar). Ellen leaves the school. The only bright note is that Rita gets his graduation at the end of the school year]].
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Garfield dies by shooting himself in the head. Followed later by Cesar]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Garfield shoots himself in the head at the Russian Roulette game (followed later by Cesar). Ellen leaves the school. The only bright note is that Rita gets his graduation at the end of the school year]].
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler: Garfield dies by shooting himself in the head. Followed later by Cesar]].
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* PyrrhicVictory : Literally. [[spoiler: the essay that Garfield asked Rita to do. The latter finally exposes her essay at the graduation... after Garfield's death]].
* PyrrhicVictory : Literally. [[spoiler: the essay that Garfield asked Rita to do. The latter finally exposes her essay at the graduation... after Garfield's death]].
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* Tagline: "When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?".
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* RussianRoulette: The climax features this. Trevor gets into a dangerous feud with Cesar Sanchez. At their final confrontation the gang forces him to play of game of Russian Roulette, referencing the famous ''Film/DeerHunter'' scene. They're unnerved when Jackson begins taking multiple turns without flinching, even giving them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech as he does. At one point Cesar beings cracking under the weight of the speech and hesitates to pick up the gun when it's his turn, so Trevor volunteers to take the gangster's turn... and promptly blows his head off. Since Trevor took his turn and the bullet that would have killed him, Cesar decides he ''has'' to take one more turn now...and promptly blows his head off.
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* RussianRoulette: The climax features this. Trevor gets into a dangerous feud with Cesar Sanchez. At their final confrontation the gang forces him to play of game of Russian Roulette, referencing the famous ''Film/DeerHunter'' ''Film/TheDeerHunter'' scene. They're unnerved when Jackson begins taking multiple turns without flinching, even giving them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech as he does. At one point Cesar beings cracking under the weight of the speech and hesitates to pick up the gun when it's his turn, so Trevor volunteers to take the gangster's turn... and promptly blows his head off. Since Trevor took his turn and the bullet that would have killed him, Cesar decides he ''has'' to take one more turn now...and promptly blows his head off.
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A 1997 American crime thriller directed by Creator/KevinReynolds that has a LA teacher (Creator/SamuelLJackson) who is caught up with gang problems in a troubled school.
The movie also stars Creator/JohnHeard, Creator/KellyRowan, Creator/CliftonCollinsJr, Creator/TonyPlana, Creator/KarinaArroyave, Creator/DemetriusNavarro, and Creator/JackKehler.
It was released on July 30, 1997.
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!Tropes for the Film:
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The movie is written by a real life teacher, as it is based on his experiences while working at a LA school as a substitute.
* RussianRoulette: The climax features this. Trevor gets into a dangerous feud with Cesar Sanchez. At their final confrontation the gang forces him to play of game of Russian Roulette, referencing the famous ''Film/DeerHunter'' scene. They're unnerved when Jackson begins taking multiple turns without flinching, even giving them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech as he does. At one point Cesar beings cracking under the weight of the speech and hesitates to pick up the gun when it's his turn, so Trevor volunteers to take the gangster's turn... and promptly blows his head off. Since Trevor took his turn and the bullet that would have killed him, Cesar decides he ''has'' to take one more turn now...and promptly blows his head off.
* Tagline: "When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?".
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: David Childress expresses admiration for Trevor Garfield and the vigilante targeting student gangbangers, unaware that they are one and the same and also unaware that Garfield thinks he's scum. When the penny drops - at which point Childress realizes that he's actually not that impressed - Garfield tells him "you probably think we're alike; we're not". Whether Garfield is still a good man is for the viewer to decide, but Childress never was; this is a guy who unashamedly volunteers the fact he had sex with an emotionally vulnerable female student whose sexual advances Garfield explicitly rejected earlier.
The movie also stars Creator/JohnHeard, Creator/KellyRowan, Creator/CliftonCollinsJr, Creator/TonyPlana, Creator/KarinaArroyave, Creator/DemetriusNavarro, and Creator/JackKehler.
It was released on July 30, 1997.
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!Tropes for the Film:
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The movie is written by a real life teacher, as it is based on his experiences while working at a LA school as a substitute.
* RussianRoulette: The climax features this. Trevor gets into a dangerous feud with Cesar Sanchez. At their final confrontation the gang forces him to play of game of Russian Roulette, referencing the famous ''Film/DeerHunter'' scene. They're unnerved when Jackson begins taking multiple turns without flinching, even giving them a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech as he does. At one point Cesar beings cracking under the weight of the speech and hesitates to pick up the gun when it's his turn, so Trevor volunteers to take the gangster's turn... and promptly blows his head off. Since Trevor took his turn and the bullet that would have killed him, Cesar decides he ''has'' to take one more turn now...and promptly blows his head off.
* Tagline: "When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?".
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: David Childress expresses admiration for Trevor Garfield and the vigilante targeting student gangbangers, unaware that they are one and the same and also unaware that Garfield thinks he's scum. When the penny drops - at which point Childress realizes that he's actually not that impressed - Garfield tells him "you probably think we're alike; we're not". Whether Garfield is still a good man is for the viewer to decide, but Childress never was; this is a guy who unashamedly volunteers the fact he had sex with an emotionally vulnerable female student whose sexual advances Garfield explicitly rejected earlier.
