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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 75%, Metacritic 71/100. Every source lands within 6 points of the others. Scores higher than 75% of the 702 1990s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic71/100
371 audience votes
Key crew
- Spike LeeDirector
- Spike LeeScreenplay
- Richard PriceScreenplay
- Terence BlanchardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Harvey KeitelDet. Rocco Klein
- John TurturroDet. Larry Mazilli
- Delroy LindoRodney Little
- Mekhi PhiferRonald 'Strike' Dunham
- Isaiah WashingtonVictor Dunham
- Keith DavidAndré the Giant
- Peewee LoveTyrone 'Shorty' Jeeter
- Regina TaylorIris Jeeter
- Thomas Jefferson ByrdErrol Barnes
- Sticky FingazScientific
- Fredro StarrGo
- Elvis NolascoHorace
Stills
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Themes
drug pushertraindrugsdrug lordbrooklyn, new york cityhousing projectinner city life