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Crack House
“Getting in is easy... Getting out is pure hell.”
5.5 / 10• 1989• 1h 30m•R• English
ActionDrama
Storyline
Rick and Melissa are a pair of young lovers hoping to get out of the slums for good and escape the poverty and crime their families and friends have gotten involved in. All this comes to an end when Rick feels he must rejoin his old gang to avenge the killing of his cousin by a rival gang. In the course of getting even, Rick is arrested, leaving Melissa without anyone to protect her. She falls in with a crack dealer and quickly becomes addicted to the drug. When she gets taken by a drug kingpin to settle a debt, only Rick can save her.
Cast & Crew
Jim Brown
Steadman
Lead
Anthony Geary
Dockett
Richard Roundtree
Lt. Johnson
CB
Cheryl Butler
Melissa
GT
Gregg Thomsen
Rick Morales
Angel Tompkins
Mother
Clyde Jones
B.T.
AM
Albert Michel Jr.
Chico
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Fischa's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Crack House is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
