Dismissed (2017), directed by Benjamin Arfmann and written by Brian McAuley, follows an idealistic high school English teacher, Mr. Butler (Kent Osborne), whose world unravels when a seemingly perfect student, Lucas Ward (Dylan Sprouse), becomes obsessively determined to earn straight A’s. When Butler gives Lucas a B+, Lucas’s relentless perfectionism morphs into destructive behavior, escalating into a chilling psychological game of cat and mouse.
