7 Movies Starring Larenz Tate

Menace II Society

Menace II Society

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-05-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (36590 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Allen Hughes (story)

Albert Hughes (story)

Tyger Williams (story)

Tyger Williams (screenplay)

Fullplot:

This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.

Dead Presidents

Dead Presidents

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-10-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (14113 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Allen Hughes (story)

Albert Hughes (story)

Michael Henry Brown (story)

Michael Henry Brown (screenplay)

Wallace Terry (story)

Fullplot:

This action film, directed by the Hughes brothers, depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn." However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent disillusionment with progress in social issues and civil rights back home in the United States, during the 1960's.

Love Jones

Love Jones

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-03-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (2532 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friend, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.

The Postman

The Postman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-12-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

177 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (52532 Reviews)

Director:

Kevin Costner

Cast:

Writer:

David Brin (novel)

Eric Roth (screenplay)

Brian Helgeland (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In the year 2013 civilization has all but destroyed itself. After a war that decimated the government and most of the population of the United States (possibly the world) people struggle to survive against starvation and rogue groups of armed men. One such group is called the Holnists. This group is bigger than any other and their leader, General Bethlehem, has delusions of ruling the country. A drifter is captured by the group and forced to join. He escapes at the first chance and happens on a mail jeep with a skeleton in it. The skeleton is wearing a postal uniform and the drifter takes it to keep him warm. He also finds a mailbag and starts conning people with old letters. The hope he sees in the people he delivers to changes his plans and he decides that he must help bring the Holnists down.

Why Do Fools Fall in Love

Why Do Fools Fall in Love

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-08-28

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (2807 Reviews)

Director:

Gregory Nava

Fullplot:

In the mid-1980s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager Morris Levy. One is a singer from Los Angeles, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philadelphia; one teaches high school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one's life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three widows come together and establish their own bond.

A Man Apart

A Man Apart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-04-04

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA, Germany

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (36574 Reviews)

Director:

F. Gary Gray

Cast:

Writer:

Christian Gudegast

Paul Scheuring

Fullplot:

Sean Vetter and Demetrius Hicks are members of the DEA who are fighting an ongoing drug war on the California/Mexico border, they are most successful at it because of their edge of growing up on the street and being thugs converted to cops. The DEA busts one of the major players by the name of "Memo" Lucero and imprison him in the United States but then a major player named Diablo then takes over the business and now he is now the major player targeted by Vetter and his team. But when Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible and in the process has to seek help from the imprisoned Lucero in order to catch Diablo. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge...

Gun Hill

Gun Hill

Basic Info:

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (155 Reviews)

Genres:

Action

Fullplot:

After the world's energy grid suddenly fails, some long time friends find their way to a self-sufficient compound in Northern California.

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