Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an end when Rick feels he must rejoin his old gang to avenge the killing of his cousin by a rival gang. In the course of getting even, Rick is arrested, leaving Melissa without anyone to protect her. She falls in with a crack dealer and quickly becomes addicted to the drug. When she gets taken by a drug kingpin to settle a debt, only Rick can save her.
Acting
Jim Brown somehow maintaining dignity while delivering 'crack is whack' energy.
Production
Authentic skid row locations that smell like the 80s through your screen.
Director
Michael Fischa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released at peak 'crack baby' media hysteria, this exemplifies how exploitation cinema weaponized real urban crises for suburban VHS consumption.
Director Michael Fischa made his name in horror (Death Spa) and reportedly took this gig specifically to work with Jim Brown, then immediately returned to genre films.
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