This 1995 crime drama is directed by Spike Lee, and it's based on the riveting bestseller by Richard Price. Clockers was originally to be a Martin Scorsese picture, but he change his mind and made Casino instead, so than Scorsese asked Spike Lee if he'd want to direct, and that he did.
Plot: Strike (Phifer) works as a clocker (drug pusher) in a New York ghetto under the tutilage of drug-lord Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo). When someone kills one of Rodney's enemies Detective Klein (Keitel) investigates. Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocko Klein doesn't buy the story, however, and sets out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Clockers is a raw, powerful and gritty. The script is tight and it brings a message. Good dialogs and good characters developed. Spike Lee's directing is on target. And the soundtrack is very well. Clockers is much better than the usual hood films. It's a gripping and knowing look at the modern mean streets.
There are many films based around the topic of drugs, and urban decay, and Clockers is one of the better ones.
Plot: Strike (Phifer) works as a clocker (drug pusher) in a New York ghetto under the tutilage of drug-lord Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo). When someone kills one of Rodney's enemies Detective Klein (Keitel) investigates. Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocko Klein doesn't buy the story, however, and sets out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Clockers is a raw, powerful and gritty. The script is tight and it brings a message. Good dialogs and good characters developed. Spike Lee's directing is on target. And the soundtrack is very well. Clockers is much better than the usual hood films. It's a gripping and knowing look at the modern mean streets.
There are many films based around the topic of drugs, and urban decay, and Clockers is one of the better ones.