Ex-con attempting to go straight runs accross serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges ...
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Title: Strapped (TV Movie 1993)
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William James Stiggers Jr. | ... | Chucky (as Willie James Stiggers Jr.) |
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Chi Ali | ... | Pharoah |
| Bokeem Woodbine | ... | Diquan Mitchell | |
| Starletta DuPois | ... | Diquan's Mother | |
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Mike Farley | ... | Cop |
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Hugh Hurd | ... | Man in Hallway (as Hugh L. Hurd) |
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Anthony Lozama | ... | Young Boy in Hallway |
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David Robinson | ... | Boy at Mortuary Truck |
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Mary Hedahl | ... | Secretary |
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Kia Goodwin | ... | Latisha Jordan (as Kia Joy Goodwin) |
| Marcella Lowery | ... | Fast Food Customer | |
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Joseph Gimpel | ... | Fast Food Manager |
| Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins | ... | Lay Lay (as Jermaine Hopkins bka 'Huggy') | |
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Nzingha | ... | Aunt Viola |
| Fredro Starr | ... | Bamboo (as Fredro) | |
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Ex-con attempting to go straight runs accross serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop(Michael Biehn) to turn in local gun dealers. How ever, the D.A. is not satisfied with the results, resulting in some serious game playing and double crossing. Written by Humberto Amador
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On These Streets You Take Life One Bullet At A Time.Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
21 August 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Strapped See more »Filming Locations:
88th Precinct - 298 Classon Avenue, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA See more »Company Credits
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Diquan Mitchell: Man, what do you know about it? You don't live in my world. My grandma cleans your apartment.
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Performed by Onyx
Written by Fredro Starr (as Fred Scruggs), Sticky Fingaz (as Kirk Jones), Sonee Seeza (as Tyrone Taylor),
Chylow Parker and Lee Morgan
Courtesy of RAL/JMJ/Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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Even before this movie was completed, word began to spread that Forest Whitaker was highly talented as a director; he received more than a dozen directing offers, both from big studios and independent companies. Whitaker finally set on "The Number Four," which was going to be produced by Tri-Star. The project, about the hijacking of a Los Angeles bus filled with a cross-section of residents, began casting around the same time this movie was released, but it remained unproduced. See more »Goofs
When Daquan & Yvonne are at the dinner table, in close shots they are sitting next to each other. In wide shots they are sitting across from one another. See more »Quotes
Matthew McRea: Diquan, you don't have to do this.Diquan Mitchell: Man, what do you know about it? You don't live in my world. My grandma cleans your apartment.
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BichasniguzPerformed by Onyx
Written by Fredro Starr (as Fred Scruggs), Sticky Fingaz (as Kirk Jones), Sonee Seeza (as Tyrone Taylor),
Chylow Parker and Lee Morgan
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Although this is a credible story with good directing, I found the characters not very believable and some of the acting over done. Bokeem Woodbine as Diquan Mitchell is okay, but the turnaround in his state of mind at the end of the show is quite astonishing.
The ending leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Sure, it may be intentional but it unravels the whole point of the movie. What I thought was the story of a ex-con trying to make good his life suddenly ends in a socio drama reflecting the sad situation of the black community in Brooklyn. Everything seems to be a wasted effort -- there's just no conclusion.