Strapped | 
| Director: Forest Whitaker
Actors: William James Stiggers Jr., Chi Ali, Bokeem Woodbine, Starletta Dupois, Mike Farley
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 5721
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: D90874D
ISBN: 0783130449
UPC: 026359087424
EAN: 9780783130446
ASIN: B000A2XAQ4
Theatrical Release Date: August 21, 1993
Release Date: August 30, 2005
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Product Description
This gritty urban thriller takes you under the skin of the street where you play hard or don't play at all. Diquan has few choices in life-and when his pregnant girlfriend ends up in jail for drug-dealing he's got even fewer. Desperate to free her Diquan can either cut a deal with Police Lt. McRae and turn informer or he can sell guns on the street to make bail. Diquan decides to do both joining hi s buddy bamboo dealing pistols shotguns and semiautomatics while feeding Lt. Mc Rae the information he needs to raid their supplier. When Bamboo discovers that his partner's selling information the street is the last place Diquan wants to be. All the fire power of the projects is about to be set loose and it's pointing in one direction. But Diquan's ready. Diquan's strapped.Running Time: 104 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: R UPC: 026359087424
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 A Sleeper Hit!! June 30, 1999
Mark Reneau (Bronx, New York, USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Forest Whtaker's directorial debut, Strapped is a gritty action packed drama of a young black man conflicted in his feeling of being loyal to his own or representin' his Housing Projects code of Silence when it comes to crime. Newcomer Bokeem Woodbine does a good job in his acting debut as DiQuan Mitchell, The Teen with the conflicted feelings. Rap Star Fredro Starr is excellent as the Gun Selling,Take no shorts Character,Bamboo.Excellent Movie with a surprising Climax!! A Must See!! Michael Biehn is also surprisingly good as Police Officer McCrane. Kia Goodwin,Jermaine Hopkins,Willie Stiggers Jr. and Rappers Kool Moe Dee, Monie Love,Busta Rhymes,Das EFX & YoYo also star in this flick. Kudos also to the Actor who played "Ben",the supposedly family Man who uses his FFL license to purchase guns by mail, then in turn sells them to the Kids of the Brooklyn Housing Projects... A Must see for fans of Urban filmed & shot Drama!!STARS!!
Hardcore May 21, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Great flick! The story was sharp, the acting was great, and the soundtrack was awesome. Is the soundtrack available?
STRAPPED Review! March 18, 2004
Crazy Jim (Massachusetts)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Forest Whitaker made his directorial debut with this gritty urban tale about a young black male forced to walk both sides of the law. Working as both an informant for an ATF official and as an arms dealer himself, DiQuan Mitchell (played brilliantly by Bokeem Woodbine) is hoping to earn enough money to move out of the projects and gather up enough evidence to get his pregnant crack-dealing girlfriend released from prison. Partnering up with his childhood friend, Bamboo (Onyx's Fredro Starr in one of his first roles), the two try to make their own moves, cutting out Bamboo's original business partner, a white middle-class weapons whole saler named Benny. This erupts into problems on the streets which result in a murder and a number of betrayals in the process. "Strapped" plays pretty solidly for a made-for-HBO film. First-time director Whitaker uses a documentary-like atmosphere along with an underutilized cast of actors which includes a number of well-known rappers such as Busta Rhymes and Kool Moe Dee to tell an amazing story. The movie carries a very strong anti-gun message. Spike Lee's "Clockers" which followed some months later adopted some of the same themes.
 strapped June 15, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
A very underated movie at the time an easy one to miss but put simply a must have for your hood collection up there with belly,new jack city and new jersey drive.ohh and a great soundtrack(just get it)you wont be dissapointed.great story good acting what more can i say.
AT LAST!!! ON DVD I AM SOOOOOOOOO HAPPY! October 11, 2005
pankysweet (SOUTHFIELD ,MI 48075)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THEY SHOULD PUT THIS GREAT FILM ON DVD!
I LOVE THIS MOVIE!
TOO BAD CHI ALI IS IN PRISON FOR MURDER!
HE WAS THE FIRST LITTLE RAPPER!
THIS MOVIE HAD A NICE SOUNDTRACK, ONYX!!
FIVE STAR MOVIE *****
THANKS FOR PUTTING IT ON DVD!!
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