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Laurence Fishburne, Bill Cobbs, Natalie Cole, Bill Duke, Laurie Metcalf ... see more see more... , Cicely Tyson , Daniel Williams , Alan Wilder , Bill Nunn , Bridgid Coulter , Isaiah Washington , Kevin Carroll , Art Evans , Jamaal Carter , Brooke Marie Bridges , John Gavigan , Perry Moore , Sammi Rotibi , Danny Goldring , Dan Martin , Paula Jai Parker , Vonte Sweet , Kelvin Garvanne , Crystal LaPrie , Mykel Taylor , Mary-Michelle Trinity , Erika LaVonn , John Wesley , John Cothran Jr. , Sonya Haynes , Greg Bird , Norm Wilson , Regan Forman , Zaid Farid , Darren O'Bannon , Maurice Blake , Lawrence Hales , David Gramling , Jason Young , John Toles-Bey

Michael Apted (Gorillas in the Mist) directed this Walter Mosley script adaptation of Mosley's short story collection, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned. Ex-con Socrates Fortlow (Laurence Fishburne... read more read more...) returns to L.A., looks for work, becomes friends with Right Burke (Bill Cobbs), is told he's too old for a construction job, helps youngster Darryl (Daniel Williams), and romances cafe-owner Iula Brown (Natalie Cole). Socrates provides a moral uplift to the neighborhood, while Burke's voiceover narration has a Sunset Boulevard twist. The TV movie premiered March 21, 1998 on HBO. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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Directed by: Michael Apted

Release Date: March 21, 1998

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DVD Release Date: January 8, 2002

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  • lesleyanorton
    October 19, 2009
    lesleyanorton
    Oh this is an impossible film for me to review. It's based on one of my favouritest books, "Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned" by Walter Mosley and I like it so much, I can't view this film impartially at all. I might be recommending a made-for-tv-movie clunker here, I honestl... read morey can't tell, I'm just so pleased they put the big man up on the big screen... look, it's brilliant! Laurence Fishburne nails the role! Watch this film!!
    Sigh, ok, try to be impartial for one minute.... Always Outnumbered is a series of short stories (or one story with lots of bits to it) about fifty something ex-con Socrates Fortlow and the people he knows. Even though he doesn't wear a shiny costume and he can't fly, Socrates is a hero, though he'd not thank you for describing him like that, he's just trying to get by as best he can .... nope, I give up. Just read the book, ok? Or see the film. Or either. Or both! Watch it! It's brilliant!! etc etc
  • solshine7
    May 27, 2007
    solshine7
    I saw this at a black film festival at my university and although I hadn't planned on watching this movie, the story was so good that it kept wanting to know what happened next.

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