Clockers

Clockers

When there’s murder on the streets, everyone is a suspect.

R 1995 · 128 min · ★ 6.7 · Crime, Drama, Mystery

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.

Directed by Spike Lee · Written by Richard Price

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