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51% Critic Match
Ambushed
“When a Klan leader is murdered, it lights the fuse to a race explosion. Now the only man who can put it out is the one everyone suspects.”
5.1 / 10• 1998• 1h 49m•R• English
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Storyline
Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Ku Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation. While four cops drive him to a safe-house, they are ambushed. Three of them shot dead, including Deputy Lawrence, and his black partner Jerry Robinson is accused of the murders.
Cast & Crew
Courtney B. Vance
Jerry Robinson
Lead
Virginia Madsen
Lucy Monroe
Jer Adrianne Lelliott
Eric Natter
William Forsythe
Mike Organski
David Keith
Deputy Lawrence
Bill Nunn
Watts Fatboy
Charles Hallahan
Sheriff Carter
Robert Patrick
Shannon Herrold
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ernest R. Dickerson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ambushed is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
