Strapped (film)
Strapped is a 1993 film about (...A Convicted felon's struggle in the inner city and his actions to sacrifice his freedom in order to save his pregnant girlfriend who sells crack to an undercover officer...).
- Directed by Forest Whitaker . Written by Dena Kleiman .
This is an HBO Original Film produced by Osiris Films for HBO. It marks the directoral debut of actor Forest Whitaker.
The film has a number of cameo appearance (s) by rappers such as Monie Love, Yolanda Whittaker (Yo-Yo) , Fredro Starr , Busta Rhymes , Chi Ali and Mohandas Dewese (Kool Moe Dee).
The film starts with Diquan Mitchell, (Woodbine) a convicted felon who has been recently released from prision and tries to stay out of trouble, at least for the time being. His girlfriend Latisha, (Goodwin) who is eight months pregnant with his child, is busted by a undercover cop for dealing crack. Since she isn't a first time offender, she most likely will receive a lengthy prison term. Mitchell who is determined to keep her out of jail, resorts to selling guns to 10 year - old kids and utimately takes the rap for a shooting that happened in his building even though he is innocent.
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Matthew McRea [edit]
- (...Diquan, you don't have to do this...)
Diquan Mitchell [edit]
- (...Man, what do you know about it? You don't live in my world. My grandma cleans your apartment...)
Cast [edit]
- Michael Biehn — Matthew McRea who wears a weird hat all the way through the wacky film.
- Bokeem Woodbine — Diquan Mitchell
- William James Stiggers Jr. — Chucky
- Starletta DuPois — Diquan's Mother
- Kia Goodwin — Latisha Jordan
- Chi Ali — Pharoah
- Fredro Starr — Bamboo
- Craig Wasson — Ben
- Mike Farley — Cop
- Hugh Hurd — Man In Hallway
- David Austin Robinson — Boy At Mortuary Truck
- Mary Hedahl — Secretary
- Marcella Lowery — Fast Food Customer
- Joe Gimpel — Fast Food Manager
- Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins — Lay Lay
- Nzingha — Aunt Viola
- Dorothi Fox — Grandmother
- Monie Love — Yvonne
- Don Blakely — Desk Sergeant
- Jay Devlin — Arraignment Judge
- Wendell Pierce — District Attorney
- Yul Vazquez — Latisha's Attorney
- Samuel E. Wright — Dave
- Jaime Tirelli — Mike
- Isaiah Washington — Willie
- Paul McCrane — Mitch Corman
- Yolanda Whittaker — Ann
- Mohandas Dewese — Chaz
- Jack O'Connell — Thad
- Dinah Meyer — Delivery Girl
- Willie Hines — Tyrell
- Tonya Pinkins — A.T.F. Officer
- Angela Jones — Woman At Clinic
- Busta Rhymes — Buster
- Raymond Moy — Korean Grocer
- Xiandia O. Stewart — Little Girl In Grocery Store
- Samaria Graham — Mother In Grocery Store
- John Di Benedetto — Arresting Officer
- Malachy Cleary — Arresting Officer
- Joe Pentangelo — Arresting Officer
External links [edit]
- Strapped quotes at the Internet Movie Database
- Strapped at Rotten Tomatoes
- Official HBO Films Site
