Everyday there is a war being waged on America's inner city streets--a war between residents, drug dealers and the people sworn to protect one from the other. This war has its casualties, none greater than L.A.P.D. Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris, a 13-year veteran narcotics officer whose questionable methodology blurs the line between legality and corruption. His optimism has long since been chipped away by his tour of duty in the streets, where fighting crime by the book can get you killed and getting the job done often requires Alonzo and his colleagues to break the laws they are empowered to enforce. This crime tale shadows Alonzo as he tests the resolve of wide-eyed, idealistic rookie Jake Hoyt, who has one day and one day only to prove himself to his fiercely charismatic superior. Over the next 24-hours, Jake will be pulled deeper and deeper into the ethical mire of Alonzo's logic as both men put their lives and careers on the line to serve their conflicting notions of justice.
Production Warner Bros. Pictures; Village Roadshow Pictures; NPV Entertainment; Outlaw Productions (I); WV Films II LLC;
Cast Names Denzel Washington; Ethan Hawke; Scott Glenn; Tom Berenger; Harris Yulin; Raymond J. Barry; Cliff Curtis; Dr. Dre; Snoop Dogg; Macy Gray; Charlotte Ayanna; Eva Mendes; Nick Chinlund; Jaime Gomez; Raymond Cruz; Noel Gugliemi; Samantha Esteban; Richard Browner; Ronald Ellis; William English; Kyjel N. Jolly; Fran Kranz; Janeen Krikorian; Princera Lee; Robert Leon; Seidy Lopez; Kenneth Allen Madden; Sarah Danielle Madison; Chris Patterson; Rudy Perez; Darrel Sellers; Ben Skorstad; Cle Shaheed Sloan; Brett Sorenson; Abel Soto; Will Stewart; Denzel Whitaker; Garland Whitt; David Ayer; Jon A. Barnes;
Box Office USD 76,261,036
Release Date 2001-10-05
Genres Crime; Drama; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for brutal violence, pervasive language, drug content and
brief nudity.