Always Outnumbered (1998) Online
In Los Angeles, the hot-tempered collector of cans Socrates "Socco" Fortlow is an ex-con that has served a long sentence for killing a man and a woman. Now he is trying to build a new life and find a job. However he is discriminated against his age, color and background. His only friend is Right Burke, who is dying of cancer. He also helps a young woman that is having problems with her husband. When Socco meets the boy Darryl, he finds that Darryl lives with a foster family that does not take care of him. Further, he has just witnessed the murder of another boy by a small-time criminal. Socco helps the boy to grow-up while helps Burke and tries to find work at a supermarket.
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Laurence Fishburne | - | Socrates Fortlow | |
Daniel Williams | - | Darryl | |
Bill Cobbs | - | Right Burke | |
Natalie Cole | - | Iula Brown | |
Laurie Metcalf | - | Halley Grimes | |
Alan Wilder | - | Anton Crier | |
Cicely Tyson | - | Luvia | |
Bridgid Coulter | - | Corina M'Shalla | |
Bill Nunn | - | Howard M'Shalla | |
Isaiah Washington | - | Wilfred | |
Bill Duke | - | Blackbird Wills | |
Kevin Carroll | - | Pegus | |
Jamaal Carter | - | Phillip | |
John Toles-Bey | - | Stoney Wiley | |
Brooke Marie Bridges | - | Winnie M'Shalla |
The cap that Socrates wears throughout the movie reads "90291", the zip code corresponding to the Los Angeles suburb of Venice (roughly 15 miles west of where this movie takes place). The M'Shalla family moves to Venice at the end of the movie after Howard gets a job offer there.
Vonte Sweet starred with Laurence Fishborne in Boyz N The Hood (1991) and with Billy Duke in Menace II Society (1993).
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