Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA-directed action drama heist film Cut Throat City held its world premiere at Sundance 2020 in January. The movie stars Shameik Moore (Spiderman Into The Spiderverse), Demetrius Shipp Jr. (All Eyez on Me), Keean Johnson (Alita: Battle Angel), Denzel Whitaker (Black Panther), and Kat Graham (Vampire Diaries).
The story follows four boyhood friends in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward who return after Hurricane Katrina to find their homes decimated, no jobs, and no help from FEMA. Reluctantly turning to a local gangster for work, the friends are hired to pull off a daring heist in the heart of the city. But the job goes bad and they find themselves on the run, hunted by two idealistic detectives and a neighborhood warlord who thinks the friends stole the heist money. With their only way out to buy their way back, the friends decide to get what they need by turning the tables on the casinos that have taken from their city for years… by doing a little taking of their own.
Cut Throat City ‘s cast also includes Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, Kat Graham, Isaiah Washington, and T.I.
Watch the full trailer above.
