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Name: Doing Hard Time
Genre: action/adventure, drama
Released: 2004-10-09
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Michael K. Williams, Kirk 'Sticky Fingaz' Jones, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Jazsmin Lewis, William L. Johnson

1h 42m runtime

20041h 42maction/adventure • drama

Action/adventure film with a runtime of 102 minutes, released in 2004. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 42m

Minutes102

One SittingYes

With Break1h 54m

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A man turns to crime in the name of justice in this hard-hitting drama. Michael (Boris Kodjoe) was a good father and a law-abiding citizen until the day his seven-year-old son was accidentally killed in an exchange of gunfire between two gangs of drug dealers. Michael became obsessed with seeing the gunmen brought to justice, but when the murder charges were dropped and the shooters were given a short sentence for drug possession, Michael decided to take matters into his own hands. Michael commits a crime so that he will be placed in the same prison as the men who took his son's life; once there, he can take their lives in exchange for the life they took. But Michael seriously underestimates the ruthlessness of the prison population and must fight for his own survival before he can carry out his plan. Doing Hard Time also stars Giancarlo Esposito, Steven Bauer, and Sticky Fingaz.

Runtime Card

Runtime1h 42m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 54m

Movie Facts

Release DateOctober 9, 2004

Runtime1h 42m

LanguageEnglish

Genresaction/adventure, drama

DirectorPreston A. Whitmore II

ProducerPreston A. Whitmore II

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