Synopsis
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
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Cast
- Omar EppsJeff Cole / J. Reid
- LL Cool JDwayne Gittens / God
- Nia LongMyra
- Stanley TucciPreston D'Ambrosio
- Hill HarperBreezy T.
- Jake WeberDaniel Connelly
- Pam GrierDet. Angela Wilson
- Richard BrooksWesley
- David Patrick KellyRick Scott
- Hassan JohnsonLatique
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
Formulaic but effectively gritty inner-city crime drama. - 70
Film.com
LL Cool J... is downright scary -- a mix of coiled charm and underlying menace. - 63
Charlotte Observer
It delivers cop-genre thrills at the pace required and reminds us Omar Epps is a star in the making. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Epps is a leading man on the rise, and Cool J. is something to see. - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
It's old, old hat. - 40
Film.com
A few startling touches. - 40
L.A. Weekly
Enough gunfights, vicious beatings, and pissing matches for five films. - 40
Austin Chronicle
Too sloppy, pinning psychological crime dramatics to good old-fashioned gunplay.
