A former Marine leaves military life behind and retrains as a teacher. However, she faces an uphill struggle to earn her pupils' respect when she is assigned to a class of low achievers with poor prospects in a tough inner-city school. Drama, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B Vance and Robin Bartlett.

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.