Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
Acting
LL Cool J's charisma makes you root for the wrong side.
Direction
Rymer stages Cincinnati like a pressure cooker with no release valve.
Writing
The 'God' nickname isn't subtle—and it doesn't need to be.
Director
Michael Rymer
Omar Epps
Jeff Cole / J. Reid
LL Cool J
Dwayne Gittens / God
Nia Long
Myra
Stanley Tucci
Preston D'Ambrosio
Hill Harper
Breezy T.
Jake Weber
Daniel Connelly
Pam Grier
Det. Angela Wilson
Richard Brooks
Wesley
David Patrick Kelly
Rick Scott
Hassan Johnson
Latique
Shyheim Franklin
Che
Veronica Webb
Pam
Ron Canada
Dr. Bratton
Jermaine Dupri
Melvin
Guillermo Díaz
Miguel Batista
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on actual Cincinnati undercover Derrick Parker, whose 1990s operation inspired the 'God' nickname phenomenon in Midwest drug trade reporting.
LL Cool J improvised several of his sermons to his crew; Rymer kept rolling because the crew's reactions were genuine fear and awe.
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