Directed by Horace Jackson
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Saturn Productions)
Renny Roker is a black man in LA who is hassled by his probation officer, his boss, his landlord and just about every other white person he encounters. Drug dealers are trying to take over the local playground by intimidating their "coach", a black woman. He gives her a ride home one day after she is attacked and develops a crush on her best friend. The drug dealers continue to cause problems and he helps fight them. It ends with Roker breaking the fourth wall and pleading with the audience to stop the violence in our neighborhoods. The phrase "When will it end?" appears instead of the usual "The End" for the final credit. Unfortunately, over 35 years later it hasn't ended, in fact it's worse. This is actually an anti-blaxploitation film, as it specifically mentions the glorification of violence in movies as part of the problem. Nonetheless, it incorporates elements of the genre, drug dealers, some tame violence, albeit with a "message". It is filmed almost entirely on location around LA.
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