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Release, runtime and language
1989 · 90 mins · English
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Directed by
Michael Fischa
Starring
F. Gary Gray, Clyde Jones, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Angel Tompkins, Tommy Morgan Jr.

Getting in is easy; getting out is pure hell. Young lovers Rick and Melissa dream of escaping the slums and the cycle of poverty and crime that haunts their families. When Rick’s cousin is killed, he returns to his old gang for revenge, is arrested, and leaves Melissa vulnerable. She falls under a crack dealer’s influence, becomes addicted, and is seized by a drug kingpin to settle a debt. Only Rick can risk everything to rescue her.

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