Directed by F. Gary Gray   Written by Takashi Bufford   Kate Lanier   Cast Jada Pinkett Smith ... Stony (as Jada Pinkett) Queen Latifah ... Cleo Vivica A. Fox ... Frankie Kimberly Elise ... Tisean John C. McGinley ... Detective Strode Blair Underwood ... Keith Vincent Baum ... Jajuan Van Baum ... Jajuan Chaz Lamar Shepherd ... Stevie (as Chaz Lamar Shepard) Thomas Jefferson Byrd ... Luther (as Thom Byrd) Charles Robinson ... Nate (as Charlie Robinson) Ella Joyce ... Detective Waller Anna Maria Horsford ... Ms. Wells Samantha MacLachlan ... Ursula Samuel Monroe Jr. ... Lorenz WC ... Darnell Edmund L. Shaff ... Mr. Zachery (as Edmund Shaff) Natalie Desselle Reid ... Tanika (as Natalie Desselle) Dr. Dre ... Black Sam Bruce Williams ... Bruce Gordon Embry ... Doctor Charles Walker ... Captain Fredricks Geoff Callan ... Nigel Rosanna Iversen ... Patrice Jeris Poindexter ... Pete Rodney Tamara Clatterbuck ... Luther's Girlfriend Tonia Rowe ... Waitress Big Daddy Wayne ... B.B. Mark Thompson ... TV Anchor Darryl Gibson ... Bundy Twain Taylor ... Detective Walter Robles ... Homeless Man George Fisher ... Cop Brantley Bush ... Bank Customer Uncredited Cast Greg Bronson ... Police Officer F. Gary Gray ... Guy Driving Low Rider Barbara Anne Klein ... Bank Manager Francesca Poston   Byron Quiros ... LAPD Officer George Marshall Ruge ... Undercover Detective Produced by Allen Alsobrook   Takashi Bufford   Bob Degus   F. Gary Gray   Oren Koules   Mary Parent   Dale Pollock   Original Music by Christopher Young

Additional Info Premiere: November 06, 1996 DVD Release: September 14, 1999 Blu-ray Release: September 08, 2009 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies New Line Cinema (presents) Peak Films Distributors New Line Cinema   (1996) (USA) (theatrical) Image Entertainment   (1997) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) New Line Home Video   (1997) (USA) (VHS) New Line Home Video   (1998) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.9 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,703 / 21,118 Site Ranking #3,699 The Kid Who Would Be King (2019) #3,700 Gargoyles: Season 1 (1994) #3,701 Gargoyles: Season 3 (1996) #3,702 Gargoyles: Season 2 (1995) #3,703 Set It Off (1996) #3,704 Wyrmwood (2014) #3,705 The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 2 (2009) #3,706 The Spectacular Spider-Man: Season 1 (2008) #3,707 The Sadness (2021)