6 Movies Starring Bokeem Woodbine

Strapped

Strapped

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-08-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (625 Reviews)

Director:

Forest Whitaker

Genres:

ActionDrama

Fullplot:

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.

Jason's Lyric

Jason's Lyric

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-09-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (2328 Reviews)

Director:

Doug McHenry

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

The story of a young man, Jason (Allen Payne) who must confront his own insecurities about love as well as a sense of owed responsibility to his mother and troubled younger brother Joshua (Bokeem Woodbine). Jason, an assistant manager and sales clerk at a T.V. store falls in love with Lyric (Jada Pinkett Smith) and finds happiness, but his family history and mentally ill war veteran father, Maddog (Forest Whitaker) plague his life's plans before he can leave it all for a better life.

Panther

Panther

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-05-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1772 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Melvin Van Peebles (novel)

Melvin Van Peebles (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points.

Freeway

Freeway

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-09-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (21535 Reviews)

Director:

Matthew Bright

Fullplot:

Little Red Riding Hood for the 1990's: After her mom and step-dad are arrested, 15-year-old Vanessa Lutz decides that instead of once again being put into a foster home, she'd rather go and search for the grandmother she's never met, and live with her. "On the way to grandma's house," (actually a trailer park) Vanessa's car breaks down, and she's picked up from the side of the road by Bob Wolverton, a counselor at a school for troubled boys. Bob slowly earns Vanessa's trust, and eventually convinces her to talk about her sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather. When Vanessa realizes that Bob is enjoying what she's saying, she realizes that he's "The I-5 Killer," from the news. She tries to get out of his truck, but the inside door handle has been removed...

Sniper 2

Sniper 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-03-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (4363 Reviews)

Director:

Craig R. Baxley

Genres:

Action

Cast:

Writer:

Michael Frost Beckner (characters)

Crash Leyland (characters)

Ron Mita

Jim McClain

Fullplot:

A former Marine sniper is lured back in on a top-secret mission to take out a rogue general who is committing atrocities on the Muslim population. His partner in this mission is a death-row convict who has been given the chance to earn his freedom.

The Poker House

The Poker House

Basic Info:

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (3396 Reviews)

Director:

Lori Petty

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A dramatization of Lori Petty's teenage years spent in small town Iowa.

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