Crack House (1989)

Jim Brown (Original Gangstas) Anthony Geary ("General Hospital") and Richard Roundtree (Shaft) star in this gripping and gritty film that rips the lid off the savage world of LA's gangs to tell the touching explosive story of two teenage lovers whose dream turns into a nightmare.Rick and Melissa have goals beyond their brutal neighborhood but when his cousin is killed in a gang fight and Rick is jailed for retaliating Melissa is left to fend for herself among the beasts who rule the streets. Automatic assault rifles blaze between rival gangs as she becomes a virtual prisoner of a drug king (Brown) and descends into the hell of crack addiction. There's only one way for Rick to get out of jail and save her but for Melissa he will undertake the ultimate risk!System Requirements: Running Time 91 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 027616920539 Manufacturer No: 1008008 Product Description

truthful and memorable

when i first saw this movie i didn't know what to think of it.
i didn't know it was about crack, i didn't even know what crack
was. i was in junior high when i first saw this movie so i was
a little nieve about some things but when i saw this movie i understood what people were talking about when they said that drugs were bad. i think this movie should be showen in schools
at lease junior high and high school because there are kids who
are doing drugs and they should see this movie so they could know that crack and any other drug isn't cool.
i had a friend in junior high who said she tried crack and i think if she had seen this movie she wouldn't have done it. when
i see this movie i often think about her and wonder if she is still doing it. i am glad that some one was brave enough to make
a movie like this because people need to see what crack is all about and then maybe they wouldn't do it or if they are already
doing it then they will go get help to get off of it. who ever
doesn't like this movie is crazy because it's true, this stuff is really happening to teenagers and adults out there and people
need to see what it is doing to people. i know people would say
that it's not a good thing to be showing this movie in schools because of the nudity and bad language but i think if they showed this in junior high and high school's no teenager will ever try crack. November 3, 2005

BT

I saw this movie and it was horrible, but the spell of the plot kept you watching no matter how much you wanted to turn. they have picked a perfect title for this movie because one glimpse of this flick, you are hooked. The movie, itself is only two stars,but the way they keep you in the movie gives it a five. December 16, 2002

So horrible it's funny

I saw this movie late at night at a friend's house. Imagine every single stereotype about drugs you've ever heard wrapped up into a low-budget flick. This is that movie. It's so bad it's hillarious. The lingo is great, too. This movie has great kitsch value, and would be a great thing to watch while you're sitting around with your friends, smoking a blunt or drinking. It's definitely entertaining, but only because it's so bad. March 25, 2002

So bad I can't stop watching.

Have you ever seen a movie so sorry that you actually get a kick out of watching it over and over? Well that's what you get with this one. There was no real plot and many of the sequences were so stupid they were almost unreal. How can the police buy drugs from a crack house, letting them know what's going on, yet they can't bust in until the exchange is made with the supplier? Ahhhh Hollywood. Dialogue? Forget it. Take away the F word and half the script is gone. Feminists would have a field day with the misogyny in this film, with scenes like Annie being raped, Melissa being pushed into a scalding shower naked and when BT takes advantage of a drug dazed Melissa. In spite of it I find myself watching it again and again for kicks, like video junk food. July 14, 2000

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