ln this expIosive, action-packed thriIler, rookie cop Nick StyIes (DenzeI Washington) has come a Iong way from the tough city streets of his childhood. Nick escaped to become a cop, whiIe his good friend Odessa (lce T) became a street hustIer, dealing drugs and steaIing cars. Then Nick's life changes forever the night his arrest of a ruthless psychotic kiIler, BIake (John Lithgow), is captured on video by a bystander and picked up by the TV news. Nick becomes a media sensation and his career takes off, leaving Blake to sIeethe in prision, obsessed with hatred and revenge. But BIake escapes from jaiI, faking his own murder, whiIe Nick is Ieft heIpless, accusing a man everyone beIieves is dead. To defeat Blake, Nick must return to the streets, calling on his old friend Odessa. Together they set a trap that pits Nick against the kilIer in a terrifying confrontation that will leave one man victorious -and onIy one man left alive. |