 The Best Man 1999  R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Cast: Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Melissa De Sousa, Victoria Dillard, Regina Hall, Jarrod Bunch, Jim Moody, Lady Madonna, Stu "Large" Riley, Linis Crosse
Aspiring author Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) arrives in town for a wedding weekend just a few steps behind his newly published book. It seems everyone except the bride and groom–Mia (Monica Calhoun) and Lance (Morris Chestnut)–have read the snippets in which the thinly disguised character representing Mia enjoys hot sex with Harper's own counterpart in the novel.
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Deep Cover 1992  R, 122 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Bill Duke
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard, Charles Martin Smith, Clarence Williams III, Gregory Sierra, Rene Assa, Alex Colon, Sydney Lassick, Roger Guenveur Smith
When a police officer (Larry Fishburne) is given an undercover assignment that puts him in the Los Angeles drug world, he is slowly lured into the web of drugs and money–with devastating results.
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Internal Affairs 1990  R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, William Baldwin, Richard Bradford, Michael Beach, Annabella Sciorra, Katherine Borowitz, Faye Grant, John Kapelos, Xander Berkeley, John Capodice, Victoria Dillard, Pamella D'Pella
Sergeant Raymond Avila (Andy Garcia) is an investigator for the Internal Affairs Department of the LAPD who is obsessed with getting the goods on another cop, Dennis Peck (Richard Gere). Peck has criminals at his disposal and divides the bribery money collected among his four ex-wives and eight children with whom he is obsessed. When Avila finds officers willing to testify against Peck, they end up dead, and the investigation is filled with other problems–including resistance from Avila's superiors who consider Peck an asset to the force. Finally, Avila investigates Peck's partner, Stretch (William Baldwin), and Peck, who believes that Avila is investigating him only to seek a promotion, begins stalking Avila and even turns Avila against his wife, Kathleen (Nancy Travis).
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Out of Synch 1995  R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Debbie Allen
Cast: LL Cool J, Victoria Dillard, Ramy Zada, Howard Hesseman, Yaphet Kotto, Isaac Hayes, Aries Spears, Debbie Allen, Norm Nixon, Tim Reid
DJ Jason (LL Cool J) has spent jail time for drugs and now is in debt to drug dealer Danny (Ramy Zada). Jason is approached by LA detective Caldwell (Howard Hesseman) to work undercover at one of Danny's clubs to get the goods on Danny. But along comes Danny's girlfriend (Victoria Dillard) who talks Jason into stealing money from Danny. She then takes off with the money, and Danny takes off after Jason. Get the picture? Yes, Caldwell is on the take from Danny.
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Ricochet 1991 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Russell Mulcahy
Cast: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, Lindsay Wagner, Mary Ellen Trainor, John Amos, Victoria Dillard, Josh Evans, Jesse Ventura
After rookie cop Nick Styles (Denzel Washington) captures psychopath Blake (John Lithgow), Styles rises to the position of Assistant District Attorney. What he has not counted on is Blake's revenge.
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| 1. The Best Man (1999)
2. Deep Cover (1992)
3. Internal Affairs (1990)
4. Out of Synch (1995)
5. Ricochet (1991)
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