PLOT
It is the last day before summer vacation At Roosevelt High School, and the students are out of control, they engage in pranks and create disorder. The school's gentle-mannered English teacher, Andy Campbell, and his fellow faculty members are trying to survive the challenging day as best as possible, but only the history teacher, Ron Strickland(Ice Cube), is hard enough to intimidate the students into behaving.
As Campbell awaits the news of the birth of his second child with his wife Maggie while teaching, he is called aside by the counselor, Holly, to inform him of rumours of downsizing of all departments. Given his wife is pregnant and he has a little child, it renders Campbell extremely anxious.
Strickland prevents Campbell from walking into a paint trap, and asks for his assistance in using an outdated AV system which turns off after a couple of seconds. Campbell catches a student, Neil, secretly using a remote control app on his smartphone to turn off the VCR. Infuriated by it, he grabs the phone and destroys it. Neil, uses a classmate's phone to turn off the TV again causing Strickland to be livid. He grabs a fire axe and destroys the student's desk, sending the class screaming from the room.
Campbell and Strickland are taking to Principal Tyler's office to discuss the matter. Strickland warns Campbell to keep his behaviour a secret, but when Tyler threatens to fire them both if no one voices out , Campbell tells the truth, and Strickland is rid of his job. In retaliation, Strickland challenges Campbell to a fist fight after school. Campbell believing he does not stand a chance against Strickland, tries to set matters straight by asking Neil to share a false testimony to Principal Tyler in order to clear Strickland's name and have him reinstated. Neil agrees but attaches a condition to it, he requests a MacBook pro. After doing so, Campbell runs into Maggie and his daughter, Ally, who remind him to arrive promptly that afternoon for Ally's father-daughter talent show. Meanwhile Neil's false account convinces Principal Tyler to reinstate Strickland.
Campbell and Strickland receive an emergency call from Holly. The two meet up with her in a mock United Nations debate room and discover she tricked them into coming there so they could talk through their issues, with Holly acting as mediator. When Campbell tells Strickland that he was able to get him his job back, Strickland is further enraged, stating that Campbell should have told him about this plan before acting, and citing the mishandling of the school system. The fight is still on.
After seeking the advice of Holly and Coach Crawford, Campbell resolves to have Strickland removed from the campus before the day's end. As a last resort, Campbell threatens Neil into giving him the drug MDMA. As Principal Tyler finds his car vandalized and parked in the school's lobby. Campbell plants the Molly in Strickland's satchel. Campbell calls the police in the hopes of having Strickland arrested, but the attempt is botched and both teachers are incarcerated. The two teachers share a cell with other inmates, and Campbell goes across the cell and tricks an enormous inmate into giving Strickland a beating, but only when signaled. Campbell then returns to Strickland in order to trick him into giving the signal, but Strickland instead tells Campbell that the fight is called off after everything that they have been through the day. When the inmate nonetheless attacks Strickland, Strickland easily knocks him out, and upon realizing Campbell's actions, declares the fight back on. The two are then released, after the police discover the drug used to frame Strickland was only aspirin.
Campbell heads back to school to meet up with the School board, Tyler and Superintendent Johnson, but learns that his colleagues have all been fired. Impatient after being told to wait for nearly an hour, Campbell barges into the meeting and learns that he is one of the few to remain at his position. However, Campbell stands his ground and voices his complaints about the public school system not receiving the respect and materials it truly needs. Campbell heads over to Ally's talent show, where Ally's rendition of Big Sean's "I Don't Fuck with You" inspires him to take a stand against Strickland.
Meanwhile, in the School's parking lot, Campbell and Strickland square up against each other, and engage in a heated brawl that is dragged all over the school and sees both men taking turns to overpower the other at different moments. The fight goes on all over the school. Campbell briefly hits Strickland cold with a fire extinguisher and rejoices only to be suffer an unexpected punch by Strickland after he comes around. Campbell's phone rings and Strickland answers and learns that Maggie is about to give birth, he drives Campbell to the hospital.
Later that summer, Tyler stops at Campbell's house to inform him that the attention and public outcry the duel arose has put the Department of Education in a situation where they have to put in more effort and money towards their schools, and must rehire Campbell and Strickland. Campbell accepts to be rehired on the condition that his colleagues unemployment be reversed. As the new school year begins, the faculty return to their respective positions, Campbell and Strickland,who are now best friends, are seen ready to enforce learning.
As Campbell awaits the news of the birth of his second child with his wife Maggie while teaching, he is called aside by the counselor, Holly, to inform him of rumours of downsizing of all departments. Given his wife is pregnant and he has a little child, it renders Campbell extremely anxious.
Strickland prevents Campbell from walking into a paint trap, and asks for his assistance in using an outdated AV system which turns off after a couple of seconds. Campbell catches a student, Neil, secretly using a remote control app on his smartphone to turn off the VCR. Infuriated by it, he grabs the phone and destroys it. Neil, uses a classmate's phone to turn off the TV again causing Strickland to be livid. He grabs a fire axe and destroys the student's desk, sending the class screaming from the room.
Campbell and Strickland are taking to Principal Tyler's office to discuss the matter. Strickland warns Campbell to keep his behaviour a secret, but when Tyler threatens to fire them both if no one voices out , Campbell tells the truth, and Strickland is rid of his job. In retaliation, Strickland challenges Campbell to a fist fight after school. Campbell believing he does not stand a chance against Strickland, tries to set matters straight by asking Neil to share a false testimony to Principal Tyler in order to clear Strickland's name and have him reinstated. Neil agrees but attaches a condition to it, he requests a MacBook pro. After doing so, Campbell runs into Maggie and his daughter, Ally, who remind him to arrive promptly that afternoon for Ally's father-daughter talent show. Meanwhile Neil's false account convinces Principal Tyler to reinstate Strickland.
Campbell and Strickland receive an emergency call from Holly. The two meet up with her in a mock United Nations debate room and discover she tricked them into coming there so they could talk through their issues, with Holly acting as mediator. When Campbell tells Strickland that he was able to get him his job back, Strickland is further enraged, stating that Campbell should have told him about this plan before acting, and citing the mishandling of the school system. The fight is still on.
After seeking the advice of Holly and Coach Crawford, Campbell resolves to have Strickland removed from the campus before the day's end. As a last resort, Campbell threatens Neil into giving him the drug MDMA. As Principal Tyler finds his car vandalized and parked in the school's lobby. Campbell plants the Molly in Strickland's satchel. Campbell calls the police in the hopes of having Strickland arrested, but the attempt is botched and both teachers are incarcerated. The two teachers share a cell with other inmates, and Campbell goes across the cell and tricks an enormous inmate into giving Strickland a beating, but only when signaled. Campbell then returns to Strickland in order to trick him into giving the signal, but Strickland instead tells Campbell that the fight is called off after everything that they have been through the day. When the inmate nonetheless attacks Strickland, Strickland easily knocks him out, and upon realizing Campbell's actions, declares the fight back on. The two are then released, after the police discover the drug used to frame Strickland was only aspirin.
Campbell heads back to school to meet up with the School board, Tyler and Superintendent Johnson, but learns that his colleagues have all been fired. Impatient after being told to wait for nearly an hour, Campbell barges into the meeting and learns that he is one of the few to remain at his position. However, Campbell stands his ground and voices his complaints about the public school system not receiving the respect and materials it truly needs. Campbell heads over to Ally's talent show, where Ally's rendition of Big Sean's "I Don't Fuck with You" inspires him to take a stand against Strickland.
Meanwhile, in the School's parking lot, Campbell and Strickland square up against each other, and engage in a heated brawl that is dragged all over the school and sees both men taking turns to overpower the other at different moments. The fight goes on all over the school. Campbell briefly hits Strickland cold with a fire extinguisher and rejoices only to be suffer an unexpected punch by Strickland after he comes around. Campbell's phone rings and Strickland answers and learns that Maggie is about to give birth, he drives Campbell to the hospital.
Later that summer, Tyler stops at Campbell's house to inform him that the attention and public outcry the duel arose has put the Department of Education in a situation where they have to put in more effort and money towards their schools, and must rehire Campbell and Strickland. Campbell accepts to be rehired on the condition that his colleagues unemployment be reversed. As the new school year begins, the faculty return to their respective positions, Campbell and Strickland,who are now best friends, are seen ready to enforce learning.
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