Released:
1989-11-10

Overview:
Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an end when Rick feels he must rejoin his old gang to avenge the killing of his cousin by a rival gang. In the course of getting even, Rick is arrested, leaving Melissa without anyone to protect her. She falls in with a crack dealer and quickly becomes addicted to the drug. When she gets taken by a drug kingpin to settle a debt, only Rick can save her.

Director:
Michael Fischa

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Action, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Jim Brown
  as
  Steadman
• 
  Anthony Geary
  as
  Dockett
• 
  Richard Roundtree
  as
  Lt. Johnson
• 
  Cheryl Butler
  as
  Melissa
• 
  Gregg Thomsen
  as
  Rick Morales