The read
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and whites are inhabitants of inner city ghettos. Louis Pinnock is a white worker in a chocolate factory, loving husband and father of two children. While delivering a package for black CEO Thaddeus Thomas, he is mistaken for a voyeur and, as a result, loses his job, gets beaten by black cops and his family gets evicted from their home. Desperate Pinnock takes a gun and kidnaps Thomas, demanding justice.
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes24%
Audiences rate it 29 points higher than critics do.
89 audience votes
Key crew
- Desmond NakanoWriter
- Desmond NakanoDirector
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John TravoltaLouis Pinnock
- Harry BelafonteThaddeus Thomas
- Kelly LynchMarsha Pinnock
- Margaret AveryMegan Thomas
- Tom BowerStanley
- Andrew LawrenceDonnie Pinnock
- Bumper RobinsonMartin
- Tom WrightLionel
- Sheryl Lee RalphRoberta
- Judith DrakeDorothy
- Carrie SnodgressJosine
- Steve Wilcox1st Youth at Hot Dog Stand