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Acting
Denzel's Oscar-winning snake charisma—you hate that you root for him.
Direction
Fuqua turns LA into a pressure cooker, one neighborhood at a time.
Writing
King Kong ain't got sh*t on this dialogue.

Director
Antoine Fuqua
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