Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
The story
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
- chicago
- illinois
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Teyonah Parris
Lysistrata
Nick Cannon
Demetrius 'Chi-Raq' Dupree
Wesley Snipes
Sean 'Cyclops' Andrews
Angela Bassett
Miss Helen Worthy
- Samuel L. Jackson — Dolmedes
- John Cusack — Fr. Mike Corridan
- Jennifer Hudson — Irene
- David Patrick Kelly — General King Kong
- D. B. Sweeney — Mayor McCloud
- Dave Chappelle — Morris
- Steve Harris — Ole Duke
- Harry Lennix — Commissioner Blades
- Anya Engel-Adams — Rasheeda
- Ebony Joy — Marcy
- Erin Allen Kane — Tee-Tee
- Directed
- Spike Lee
- Written
- Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
Production
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 · 233 ratings
- Studio
- 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Roadside Attractions, Amazon Studios
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
