After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad.
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad.
The film's dominant themes align with right-leaning values by portraying the failure of institutions to maintain order and protect individuals, ultimately championing individual, punitive action as the solution to systemic breakdown.
The film features visible diversity in its cast, particularly reflecting its urban school setting, without explicitly recasting traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on systemic challenges and individual struggles within that environment, rather than offering a critique of traditional identities or making explicit DEI themes central to the story.
The film "One Eight Seven" does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on crime, education, and vigilantism, resulting in no portrayal of LGBTQ+ individuals or issues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is an original story with characters created specifically for it. There are no pre-existing canonical or historical characters from source material to compare against, thus no gender swaps occur.
This film is an original story and not an adaptation of pre-existing material with established characters or a biopic of historical figures. All characters were created for this specific film, thus there is no prior canonical or historical racial baseline to constitute a race swap.
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