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Luôn yếu thế

Original title: Always Outnumbered
  • TV Movie
  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
2.2K
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Luôn yếu thế (1998)
Drama

A former prisoner tries to save a neighbor youth from following him down the wrong path.A former prisoner tries to save a neighbor youth from following him down the wrong path.A former prisoner tries to save a neighbor youth from following him down the wrong path.

  • Director
    • Michael Apted
  • Writer
    • Walter Mosley
  • Stars
    • Laurence Fishburne
    • Daniel Williams
    • Bill Cobbs
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    2.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Apted
    • Writer
      • Walter Mosley
    • Stars
      • Laurence Fishburne
      • Daniel Williams
      • Bill Cobbs
    • 30User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 6 nominations

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    Laurence Fishburne
    Laurence Fishburne
    • Socrates Fortlow
    Daniel Williams
    • Darryl
    Bill Cobbs
    Bill Cobbs
    • Right Burke
    Natalie Cole
    Natalie Cole
    • Iula Brown
    Laurie Metcalf
    Laurie Metcalf
    • Halley Grimes
    Alan Wilder
    Alan Wilder
    • Anton Crier
    Cicely Tyson
    Cicely Tyson
    • Luvia
    Bridgid Coulter
    Bridgid Coulter
    • Corina M'Shalla
    Bill Nunn
    Bill Nunn
    • Howard M'Shalla
    Isaiah Washington
    Isaiah Washington
    • Wilfred
    Bill Duke
    Bill Duke
    • Blackbird Wills
    Kevin Carroll
    Kevin Carroll
    • Pegus
    Jamaal Carter
    • Phillip
    John Toles-Bey
    John Toles-Bey
    • Stoney Wiley
    Brooke Marie Bridges
    Brooke Marie Bridges
    • Winnie M'Shalla
    John Gavigan
    • Mr. Keene
    Perry Moore
    • Kiko
    Sammi Rotibi
    Sammi Rotibi
    • Marlow Bitta
    • Director
      • Michael Apted
    • Writer
      • Walter Mosley
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    • Trivia
      The cap that Socrates wears throughout the movie reads "90291", the zip code corresponding to the Los Angeles suburb of Venice (roughly 15 miles west of where this movie takes place). The M'Shalla family moves to Venice at the end of the movie after Howard gets a job there.
    • Quotes

      Socrates Fortlow: You and your friends did wrong, Darryl. Now, I'm just talking to you, one black man to another, all right, 'cause, see, if you don't know when you've done wrong, life ain't worth a damn.

    • Connections
      Spin-off The Right Mistake
    • Soundtracks
      Chain of Fools
      Written by Don Covay (as Dan Covay)
      Published by Fourteenth Hour Music Inc., Promptu
      Performed by Aretha Franklin
      Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
      By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews30

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    8/10

    Brave and exceptional in many many ways

    Ground breaking moral film running counter to the exploitative mainstream. Deserves, and will probably receive, serious study by film students for many years to come.

    I can only imagine this would have been the kind of rare, special once-in-a-life-time project all who participated must feel pretty good about.
    • david-376
    • Nov 1, 1999
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    • Release date
      • March 21, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Home Box Office (HBO)
      • Palomar Pictures (II)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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