The read
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight, he's noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing — where punches can kill.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes31%
Metacritic49/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
421 audience votes
Key crew
- Brad FiedelOriginal Music Composer
- Rowdy HerringtonDirector
- Lyle KesslerScreenplay
- Robert Mark KamenScreenplay
Cast
- James MarshallTommy Riley
- T.E. RussellSpits (Leroy)
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Abraham Lincoln Haines
- Robert LoggiaPappy Jack
- Brian DennehyJimmy Horn
- Ossie DavisNoah
- Cara BuonoDawn
- Richard LexseeFather in Park
- John HeardJohn Riley
- Jon SedaRomano
- Lance SlaughterShortcut
- Vonte SweetTidbits
