Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 06/26/2009(USA
Release Date: 08/25/2009
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 100 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drug Content
Distributor/Studio: Starz/Anchor Bay
Based on writer/director
Buddy Giovinazzo's novel of the same name,
Life Is Hot in Cracktown explores how crack cocaine infiltrated the streets of urban America by following the journeys of four people whose lives are on a tragic collision course. Pre-op transsexual
Marybeth (
Kerry Washington) is working as a prostitute in order to save enough money to make her transformation complete. She lives with her lover,
Benny, a small-time burglar, whom she hopes to marry after her final operation. Meanwhile,
Manny (
Victor Rasuk) is busy pulling double shifts while his wife,
Concetta (
Shannyn Sossamon), cares for their sickly infant son in their run-down apartment. By night
Manny works at a 24-hour bodega frequented by junkies, drug dealers, and prostitutes, and by day keeps the peace as a security guard at a welfare hotel. One of the residents at that hotel is
Willy, a ten-year-old boy who lives with his mother (
Illeana Douglas) and her abusive boyfriend.
Willy begs for money on the street so he and
Susie can get some fast food. But it's dangerous out there, because volatile gangster
Romeo (
Evan Ross) is still searching the streets for his brother's killer, and he won't hesitate to terrorize anyone unfortunate enough to cross his warpath.
Lara Flynn Boyle,
Brandon Routh,
Desmond Harrington, and
RZA co-star.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
;)
