Réalisation:
Mario Van PeeblesPhotographie:
Francis KennyActeurs·trices:
Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Michele, Bill Nunn, Russell Wong, Bill Cobbs, Judd Nelson, Vanessa Williams (plus)Résumés(1)
Deux flics, l'un d'origine africaine, l'autre d'origine italienne, ayant souffert de la drogue pendant leur enfance, se jurent de démanteler le réseau du redoutable Nino Brown, qui règne sur Harlem. (texte officiel du distributeur)
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The atmosphere of the 90s is striking and drug-infested, with dozens of black gangsters with egg-sized gold rings portrayed very interestingly, and in a sense, even brutally. Young Wesley Snipes and young Chris Rock, who is almost unrecognizable here, deserve attention, but above all the devilish Ice-T, whom I had never outside a direct-to-video B-movie, but here, he delivers a captivating performance; his half-crazed cop is flawless. The rise and fall of the drug lord is not described in such detail, and the film rather focuses on hard street fights, rivalry, and drugs themselves. An interesting, tough, and dirty film, but one that did not grow close to my heart.
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