black comedy   cigarette smoking   directorial debut   korean   independent film   exploding body   beating   slapstick comedy   brawl   family relationships   ethnic slur   convenience store   kidnapping   love   criminal   carjacking   rainstorm   slow motion   los angeles california   blood   elevator   scream   unsubtitled foreign language   fistfight   gangster   organized crime   urban setting   crossword puzzle   bus   male female relationship   flashback   security guard   bare chested male   arrest   airport   sacrifice   f word   child swearing   1980s   lifting someone into the air   gore   parking garage   racial slur   1990s   grass   character repeating someone else's dialogue   police brutality   execution   detective   fight   attempted robbery   african american   animal attack   blood on shirt   drug dealer   money   heroin   drug dealing   apartment   brother brother relationship   shot in the shoulder   surveillance   revolver   music score composed by director   controversy   beer   brothel   woman in jeopardy   crime boss   humiliation   hate   friend   shot in the hand   boyfriend girlfriend relationship   cocaine   high school student   high school   shot in the arm   california   videotape   pistol whip   barbecue   curse   anger   pool party   underage drinking   drug overdose   truck   magician   long take   coming of age   product placement   san francisco california   underwater   anti hero   tied to a bed   shower   interrogation   flashlight   child in peril   golden gate bridge   marijuana joint   car driving   bible quote   covered in blood   three word title   apartment building   n word   bound and gagged   near death experience   blaxploitation   release from prison   chinese american   black and white scene   honor   dying   sword fight   stealing a car   film critic   infatuation   toast   drive by shooting   journal   jail cell   man punching a woman   hustler   dolly zoom   death of friend   poker   stuttering   gang warfare   overdose   car   cousin cousin relationship   grandmother grandson relationship   drug addict   profanity   vulgarity   butterfly   reverse footage   fiancée   affection   destiny   graduation   muslim   disguise   drive thru   place name in title   weightlifting   female reporter   child with a gun   escape attempt   white dress   kukri dagger   shrine   desert eagle   female lawyer   fantasy becomes reality   heavy rain   levitation   single mother   fade to black   legend   sword throwing   archive footage   self awareness   prisoner   country name in title   truck driver   female teacher   teen movie   green eyes   police interrogation   butterfly knife   black magic   alley   sorcerer   stabbed in the forehead   ghetto   high school teacher   asian american   crossbow   tragic ending   store   fiancee   chop shop   eagle   healing   dreadlocks   submachine gun   card game   bigamy   trance   dominoes   cookbook   lawn sprinkler   grandfather grandson relationship   slow motion action scene   gangsta grip   chinatown   jumping into a pool with clothes on   sleeping woman   bedtime story   urban violence   hoodlum   mullet   inner city   laundry room   negative asian stereotype   entrance   martial arts gymnastics   potion   sleeping gas   hogtied   female journalist   nymph   healer   lifting female in air   dual wield   ice cream van   written and directed by cast member   convenience store robbery   gangsta   police dog   latin american   muslim convert   apartment manager   monster in mirror   author   friendship   dog   cult favorite   betrayal   chase   death   escape   gunfight   hospital   murder   number in title   shot in the back   shot to death   beaten to death   bottle   spoof   brutality   gay slur   electronic music score   juvenile delinquent   fear   cult film   foot chase   handcuffs   1970s   held at gunpoint   hope   gang   knife   paranoia   police chase   switchblade   altered version of studio logo   culture clash   vengeance   social decay   flash forward   street life   thug   urban decay   loss of father   loss of mother   mother son relationship   hatred   magic   pregnancy   machismo   kicked in the stomach   little girl   glowing eyes   monster   revenge   subterranean   swimming   voice over narration   blood splatter   supernatural power   violence   husband wife relationship   shootout   single parent   little boy   trap   slow motion scene   surprise ending   swimming underwater   reporter   rain   premarital sex   gas station   knife throwing   gun   knocked out   machine gun   drunkenness   punched in the face   race against time   rescue   martial arts   swimming pool   underwater scene   shot in the chest   vomiting   evil   lightning   uzi   party   threatened with a knife   wheelchair   street shootout   survival   psychopath   police   teenager   sunglasses   african american family   black dialect   black slang   chevrolet impala convertible   death of cousin   watts riots   robbery   street   house   shooting   police station   told in flashback   shot in the head   shotgun   no opening credits   drugs   homicide   death of mother   death of father   police officer   watching tv   television news   orphan   neo noir   roman numeral in title   spirit   mercenary   wedding   pistol   prison   police detective