Directed by:
Rick RosenthalScreenplay:
Richard Di LelloComposer:
Bill ContiCast:
Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Esai Morales, Ally Sheedy, Clancy Brown, Jim Moody, Rick Rosenthal, Alan Ruck, Jason Gedrick, John Zenda, Eric Gurry, Harry Lennix (more)Plots(1)
Mick O'Brien (Sean Penn) is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy). But when the heist of a local drug dealer (Esai Morales) goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance. Can a bad boy on the edge of salvation find the heart to survive a manhood on the verge of murder? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sean Penn
USA
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Reni Santoni
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Esai Morales
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Ally Sheedy
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Clancy Brown
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Jim Moody
USA
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Rick Rosenthal
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Jason Gedrick
USA
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John Zenda
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Eric Gurry
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Harry Lennix
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Jamie Lee Curtis
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Robert Lee Rush
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Dean Fortunato
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