Director Jamaa Fanaka, originator of the PENITENTIARY series, goes the pulp route in STREET WARS, an urban gangsta saga with an odd TOP GUN twist. Despite inferior production values and a dubious crosscutting technique, its unfettered enthusiasm ultimately carries the day.
Charles R. Williams, Jr., a.k.a. Sugarpop (Alan Joseph Howe), is the top pilot in his class at Exeter Military Academy, where he's being sponsored by big brother Frank (Bryan O'Dell), a notorious drug kingpin and ghetto dignitary. Sugarpop is a shoo-in candidate for West Point on the strength of
his dogfight skills in aerolite motorized planes. But Frank has big plans for Sugarpop in the wor...
Released:
1994
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins