Clockers

Clockers

When there’s murder on the streets, everyone is a suspect.

Directed by Spike Lee

Produced by 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Universal Pictures

1995128 min6.7 / 10

A gritty urban crime drama that weaves together the lives of a young drug dealer, his protective brother, and a detective pursuing truth in a morally murky Brooklyn housing project.

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.

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  • Is Clockers one of a kind? No. Less singular than 99% of films.

  • Is Clockers scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Clockers sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Clockers violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Clockers end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Clockers easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Rarity4

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Surprise47

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Love55

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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