Clockers
When there’s murder on the streets, everyone is a suspect.
Midnight, 1986. The flicker of a neon sign above a grease-stained fast-food counter stutters out half its letters. A night manager bleeds onto the tile where he took his last order. Four casings glint under the fryolator. Strike’s brother confesses before the coroner arrives. Detective Rocco Klein watches the blood dry, already counting the lies. Spike Lee’s blaxploitation requiem hums like a .38 with the safety off.
Directed by Spike Lee · Written by Spike Lee, Richard Price
Starring Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer, Isaiah Washington, Keith David