Always Outnumbered (1998)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1998-03-21
Director: Michael Apted
Writers: Walter Mosley
Language: English
Stars: Laurence Fishburne , Daniel Williams , Bill Cobbs , Natalie Cole , Laurie Metcalf , Alan Wilder , Cicely Tyson , Bridgid Coulter , Bill Nunn , Isaiah Washington
Runtime: 104 min
Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations
AKA: La rage de survivre (France, French Republic) , Hétköznapi hős (Hungary) , Entre el bien y el mal (Spain) , Mit dem Rücken an der Wand (Germany) , Zawsze na dnie (Poland) , Vite difficili (Italy) , Liberdade Condicionada (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Prisonniers sans chaînes (Canada) , Socrates Fortlow (United States of America) , Закон улиц (Russian Federation) , Giustizia senza legge (Italy) , Luôn yếu thế (Vietnam) , Varjopuolella (Finland) , Détention (France, French Republic) , Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (United States of America) , Socrates (United States of America) , Always Outnumbered , O nomos tou 'kakou' (Greece) , Задънена улица (Bulgaria) , Prisonniers sans chaînes (France, French Republic) , Viaies tarahes (Greece) , Garantia de Vida (Brazil) , Always Outnumbered (United States of America)
Plot: In Los Angeles, the hot-tempered collector of cans Socrates "Socco" Fortlow is an ex-con that has served a long sentence for killing a man and a woman. Now he is trying to build a new life and find a job. However he is discriminated against his age, color and background. His only friend is Right Burke, who is dying of cancer. He also helps a young woman that is having problems with her husband. When Socco meets the boy Darryl, he finds that Darryl lives with a foster family that does not take care of him. Further, he has just witnessed the murder of another boy by a small-time criminal. Socco helps the boy to grow-up while helps Burke and tries to find work at a supermarket.
IMDB:tt0146425