Everyday there is a war being waged on America's inner city streets--a war between residents, drug dealers and the people sworn to protect one from the other. This war has its casualties, none greater than L.A.P.D. Detective Sergeant Alonzo Harris, a 13-year veteran narcotics officer whose questionable methodology blurs the line between legality and corruption.

His optimism has long since been chipped away by his tour of duty in the streets, where fighting crime by the book can get you killed and getting the job done often requires Alonzo and his colleagues to break the laws they are empowered to enforce. This crime tale shadows Alonzo as he tests the resolve of wide-eyed, idealistic rookie Jake Hoyt, who has one day and one day only to prove himself to his fiercely charismatic superior.

Over the next 24-hours, Jake will be pulled deeper and deeper into the ethical mire of Alonzo's logic as both men put their lives and careers on the line to serve their conflicting notions of justice.

Directed by
Antoine Fuqua

Cast
Denzel Washington - Alonzo Harris
Ethan Hawke - Jake Hoyt
Scott Glenn - Roger
Tom Berenger - Stan Gursky
Harris Yulin - Doug Rosselli
Raymond J Barry - Lou Jacobs
Cliff Curtis - Smiley
Dr Dre - Paul
Snoop Dogg - Blue
Macy Gray - The Sandman's Wife
Charlotte Ayanna - Lisa Hoyt
Eva Mendes - Sara

Production Co.
Outlaw Productions
Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment
NPV Entertainment

Produced by
Bruce Berman
Davis Guggenheim
Jeffrey Silver

Studio
Warner Bros.

Writer
David Ayer

Music
Mark Mancina