ln this expIosive, action-packed thrilIer, rookie cop Nick StyIes (Denzel Washington) has come a Iong way from the tough city streets of his chiIdhood. Nick escaped to become a cop, while his good friend Odessa (Ice T) became a street hustler, deaIing drugs and stealing cars. Then Nick's Iife changes forever the night his arrest of a ruthless psychotic kilIer, Blake (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 Blake escapes from jail, faking his own murder, while Nick is left helpIess, accusing a man everyone believes is dead. To defeat BIake, Nick must return to the streets, caIIing on his oId friend Odessa. Together they set a trap that pits Nick against the killer in a terrifying confrontation that wiII Ieave one man victorious -and onIy one man Ieft alive. |