Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimelord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the 70s.
- hero
- pimp
- ghetto
- black humor
- clowning
- blaxploitation cinema
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Isaac Hayes — Hammer
- Jim Brown — Slammer
- Ja'net DuBois — Ma Bell
- Dawnn Lewis — Cheryl
- John Vernon — Mr. Big
- Clu Gulager — Lt. Baker
- Kadeem Hardison — Willie
- Damon Wayans — Leonard
- George James — Bruno
- Marc Figueroa — Knuckles
- David Alan Grier — Newsman
- Directed
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
- Written
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 222 ratings
- Studio
- Ivory Way Productions, Front Films, Raymond Katz Production, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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.
