Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.

• Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
• Hollywood Pictures
• Michelle Pfeiffer
• George Dzundza
• Courtney B. Vance
• Robin Bartlett
• Beatrice Winde
• John Neville
• Lorraine Toussaint
• Renoly Santiago