Daryl gets out of jail after 5 years. His mother has died, his girlfriend is married, and he can't find a job. His new girlfriend Vanessa, whom he meets when a gunman opens fire on them, gets him a job as a car driver. Hitmen are still after them, and Vanessa tells Daryl that this is her former lover Ahmad who wants revenge.
Acting
Bokeem Woodbine's desperate intensity carries every frame.
Direction
Darin Scott's kinetic LA street energy before he went legit.
Costume
Peak 90s fashion: oversized jerseys, leather, attitude.
Director
Darin Scott
Bokeem Woodbine
Daryl
Cynda Williams
Trish / Vanessa
Clifton Powell
Herbert
Tony Todd
Jake Samples
Snoop Dogg
Kool Kitty Kat (as Snoop Doggy Dogg)
LL Cool J
Roger
Jeffrey Combs
Security Guard
Basil Wallace
Ahmad
Joseph Granda
Billy Grimm
Clifton Powell
Herbert / Frank Lowden
Jeris Poindexter
Larry
Doug Kruse
Freeway Cop
Darin Scott
TV Field Reporter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of 90s 'hood thrillers' that blended noir conventions with Black urban experience, rarely getting critical respect despite genuine craft.
Tony Todd filmed this between Candyman sequels; his brief but intense presence as Jake Samples steals every scene he's in.
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