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This sequel to the urban masterpiece PENITENTIARY, directed and written by pioneering independent filmmaker Jamaa Fanaka, may have garnered comparisons to the Rocky films, but its ultra-violent fight scenes, unsentimental view of urban life and elements of 80’s kitsch make it a perennial classic that stand alone.
Paroled after serving time for a murder he didn’t commit, prison boxing champ Martel “Too Sweet” Gordone (Leon Isaac Kennedy) hangs his gloves, moves in with his sister’ family and rekindles his romance with Clarisse ( Eugenia Wright- “Magnum P.I.”). He soon learns that life on the outside isn’t much easier than it was in prison when “Half Dead” Johnson (Ernie Wright- “Oz,” Ghost Busters, The Human Tornado) escapes from prison and murders Clarisse.
Though the loss of Clarisse is almost too much to bear, Too Sweet, with the help of his new trainer (Mr. T- “The A Team,” Rocky III) returns to the fight game and begins his rise to the top. Meanwhile, brother-in-law Charles (Glynn Turman- Sahara, “The Wire”) continues the battle against Half Dead, who intends to destroy the entire Gordone family.
Original Release
04/02/1982
US Release
04/02/1982
Cast
Name | Character |
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Leon Isaac Kennedy | Too Sweet Gordone / Too Sweet |
Glynn Turman | Charles Johnson |
Ernie Hudson | Half Dead |
Mr. T | Mr. T / Himself |
Peggy Blow | Ellen Johnson / Ellen |
Sephton Moody | Charles Johnson Jr. / Charles Jr. |
Donovan Womack | Jesse 'The Bull' Amos |
Malik Carter | Seldom Seems / Seldom Seen |
Stan Kamber | Sam Cunningham / Sam |
Cepheus Jaxon | Do Dirty |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Leon Isaac Kennedy | Too Sweet Gordone / Too Sweet |
Glynn Turman | Charles Johnson |
Ernie Hudson | Half Dead |
Mr. T | Mr. T / Himself |
Peggy Blow | Ellen Johnson / Ellen |
Sephton Moody | Charles Johnson Jr. / Charles Jr. |
Donovan Womack | Jesse 'The Bull' Amos |
Malik Carter | Seldom Seems / Seldom Seen |
Stan Kamber | Sam Cunningham / Sam |
Cepheus Jaxon | Do Dirty |
Marvin Jones | Simp |
Ebony Wright | Sugar |
Eugenia Wright | Clarisse |
Renn Woods | Nikki |
Lyrica Garrett | Evelyn |
Dennis Lipscomb | Announcer |
Gerald Berns | Beau Flynn Lt Heavywt Champ / Beau Flynn - Lt. Heavywt. World Champ |
Tony Cox | Midget |
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White | Hi Fi |
Elijah Mitchell | Hospital Guard |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lawrence Appelbaum | Executive Producer |
Billy Fine | Executive Producer |
Richard D. Reinberg | Executive Producer |
Jay Schultz | Executive Producer |
Jamaa Fanaka | Producer |
Ayanna DuLaney | Producer |
Albert Shepard | Producer |