After leading a jury to wrongly sentence a man, Abigail enters her new teaching job at the law school with a newfound commitment to ethics. When she takes over her new class, it includes Vincent, an intensely ambitious student who will do anything for an A. When Abigail fails him for academic dishonesty, Vincent threatens that he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. As Vincent's devious plot begins to unravel, she must take her life into her own hands, or Vincent will take it himself.
Blake Michael
Vance Van Sickle
Alicia Leigh Willis
Abigail Grandacre
Trevor St. John
Stan Grandacre
Lindsay Hartley
Det. Barbara Keyes
Eric Nelsen
Arthur Fine
Wolfgang Bodison
Dean George Castle
The Student is a thriller, crime film released in 2017 exploring themes of school, law student, failed exam. Directed by Steven R. Monroe, it stars Blake Michael, Alicia Leigh Willis, Trevor St. John. After leading a jury to wrongly sentence a man, Abigail enters her new teaching job at the law school with a newfound commitment to ethics. When she takes over her new class, it includes Vincent, an intensely ambitious student who will do anything for an A. When Abigail fails him for academic dishonesty, Vincent threatens that he will stop at nothing to get what he wants. As Vincent's devious plot begins to unravel, she must take her life into her own hands, or Vincent will take it himself.
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