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      Hoodlum

      1997, Crime/Drama, 2h 10m

      21 Reviews 10,000+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      Having just been released from jail, Bumpy Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) returns to his criminal ways as a linchpin in the African-American-run numbers racket. However, Bumpy's longtime friend Illinois Gordon (Chi McBride) and girlfriend Francine Hughes (Vanessa Williams) are both eager to get him back on the straight and narrow. But a brewing rivalry with Mafia boss Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia) and his henchman Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) threatens to raise the stakes to dangerous new levels.

      • Rating: R

      • Genre: Crime, Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Bill Duke

      • Producer: Frank Mancuso Jr.

      • Writer: Chris Brancato

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $23.5M

      • Runtime:

      • Distributor: United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

      • Production Co: United Artists

      • Sound Mix: Surround, DTS

      Cast & Crew

      Tim Roth
      Vanessa Williams
      Andy Garcia
      Cicely Tyson
      Chi McBride
      Richard Bradford
      Loretta Devine
      Mike Starr
      Beau Starr
      Joe Guzaldo
      Ed O'Ross
      Bill Duke
      Bill Duke
      Laurence Fishburne
      Helen Sugland
      Elmer Bernstein
      Frank Tidy
      Harry Keramidas
      Charles C. Bennett
      Gary Baugh
      Maria Nay
      Richard Bruno

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      • Oct 07, 2018

        Great cast and a film that should have been one of the better mob films. The biggest issue is with the filmmakers style and lack of for the period. He attempts to paint Harlem in a different light but few can argue he achieved this. Fishburne and Roth playing together are some of the highlights, they are two powerful character actors and this is where the film shines. I think they missed a grand opportunity to make a film that would shine alongside the Godfather, but sadly it's just a time killing film. 06/10/2018.

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      • Jun 05, 2011

        In Hoodlum, "Bumpy" Johnson (Laurence Fishburne) plays a man recently released from prison who leads an African-American attempt to wrest control of organized crime in the Black neighborhoods of New York from the established Italian-descended criminals and goes up against the calm and cool Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia) and insanely ruthless Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth). There is lots to grab your attention with in this movie with its colorful characters that includes Clarence Williams III, Vanessa Williams, Cicely Tyson, Loretta Devine, and Queen Latifah, and an array of good performances, especially Fishburne who's rugged and streetsmart as Bumpy Johnson, Roth who's totally over-the-top as the trigger happy Dutch Schultz and the fearsome Lucky Luciano topped with enough shoot 'em up action and violence to spare.

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      • Jan 26, 2010

        It doesn't quite work.

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      • Apr 29, 2009

        Every racist comment out of Tim Roth's character's mouth was like a stab to the chest. It made this movie hard to enjoy, which is a shame because I like 20s gangster movies.

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