Crack House

Crack House

Getting in is easy... Getting out is pure hell.

R 1989 · 90 min · ★ 5.5 · Action, Drama

Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an end when Rick feels he must rejoin his old gang to avenge the killing of his cousin by a rival gang. In the course of getting even, Rick is arrested, leaving Melissa without anyone to protect her. She falls in with a crack dealer and quickly becomes addicted to the drug. When she gets taken by a drug kingpin to settle a debt, only Rick can save her.

Directed by Michael Fischa · Written by Jack Silverman

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