Ambushed
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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 49mR English
ThrillerActionTV MovieDrama

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

Courtney B. Vance

Jerry Robinson

Lead
Virginia Madsen

Virginia Madsen

Lucy Monroe

Jer Adrianne Lelliott

Jer Adrianne Lelliott

Eric Natter

William Forsythe

William Forsythe

Mike Organski

David Keith

David Keith

Deputy Lawrence

Bill Nunn

Bill Nunn

Watts Fatboy

Charles Hallahan

Charles Hallahan

Sheriff Carter

Robert Patrick

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.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Ambushed is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker