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Last updated May 03, 2024
Boyz N the Hood
1991 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn this thoughtful drama, a South Central Los Angeles high schooler struggles to stay straight in a community polluted by drugs, violence and racism -- and his cynical but devoted father will accept nothing less than the best from him.
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Hoodlum
1997 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsIn this gangland epic, black gangs in 1930s New York City battle the Italian mob for control of the Harlem numbers racket. Laurence Fishburne plays the Harlem boss tasked with protecting the business from mafioso Dutch Schultz and his violent crew.
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King of New York
1990 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAbel Ferrara's stylish direction accentuates this gritty action film about a New York drug lord who's just out of prison and determined to rule the streets again with a vengeance. But he also wants to use part of his drug-trade money to do good.
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Akeelah and the Bee
2006 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsEleven-year-old Akeelah Anderson is determined to spell her way out of South Los Angeles and make it to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. With a tutor behind her, Akeelah may even show her pessimistic mother she has what it takes to win.
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Event Horizon
1997 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSeven years after it went missing, a spaceship sends a garbled signal back to Earth that sounds a lot like a cry for help. A rescue ship is dispatched to investigate, but the crew soon realizes that something unimaginable has happened on board.
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Predators
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRugged mercenary Royce (Adrien Brody) inherits command of an elite team of human fighters -- including dorky-but-dangerous Edwin (Topher Grace) and tough-but-beautiful Isabelle (Alice Braga) -- as they are hunted by a race of ruthless alien trackers known as Predators. Director Nimród Antal's sci-fi action explosion, which also stars Laurence Fishburne and an uzi-toting Danny Trejo, is a direct sequel to the 1987 blockbuster Predator.
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Assault on Precinct 13
2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWith nothing more than a bare-bones operation to back him up, a Detroit detective takes on an army of deadly criminals who've thrown down the gauntlet and are openly hunting down a notorious drug kingpin in a battle for street sovereignty.
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Contagion
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsDirector Steven Soderbergh steers an array of stars through this big-screen disaster thriller about a global team of doctors tasked with tamping down a deadly outbreak of infectious disease before it annihilates mankind.
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