ln this explosive, action-packed thrilIer, rookie cop Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) has come a long way from the tough city streets of his chiIdhood. Nick escaped to become a cop, while his good friend Odessa (Ice T) became a street hustler, deaIing drugs and stealing cars. Then Nick's Iife changes forever the night his arrest of a ruthless psychotic kilIer, Blake (John Lithgow), is captured on video by a bystander and picked up by the TV news. Nick becomes a media sensation and his career takes off, Ieaving Blake to sIeethe in prision, obsessed with hatred and revenge. But Blake escapes from jail, faking his own murder, while Nick is left helpIess, accusing a man everyone believes is dead. To defeat BIake, Nick must return to the streets, caIIing on his oId friend Odessa. Together they set a trap that pits Nick against the killer in a terrifying confrontation that wiII Ieave one man victorious -and only one man left aIive. |