1995 · drama · crime · mystery
Clockers (1995)
Directed by Spike Lee2h 8m1995
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Our read: Clockers (1995) (1995) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · crime · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- intense
- bleak
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