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One Eight Seven (also known as 187) is a 1997 drama/thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson, who plays a Los Angeles teacher, and John Heard. The film was directed by Kevin Reynolds and is named for California Penal Code section 187 (murder).

Plot

Trevor Garfield (Jackson) is a teacher in a New York City high school. After a student almost kills him in the hallway, Garfield relocates to Los Angeles, but the trouble starts again when he becomes a substitute to a class containing a tag crew by the name of K.O.S. Their murderous leader, Benny (Lobo Sebastian), tells Garfield that there will be no mutual respect between them. The tension mounts when a fellow teacher, Ellen Henry (Kelly Rowan), confides that Benny has threatened her life. After Benny murders a rival tagger in cold blood and goes AWOL, Benny's tag partner, Cesar (Clifton Collins Jr.), takes over as class antagonist. Garfield is forced to play by the rules of the street in a pyrrhic contest between victim and victimizer.

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