Breaks, The
A Sunday in the life of Derrick King, an Irish kid raised in South Central L.A. by a Black family
. He talks Black, dresses Black, and thinks of himself as Black. It’s a day of disasters: his mom kicks him out of the house, his uncle fires him, the woman he loves dismisses him as childish, the LAPD (wearing Confederate-flag shoulder patches) impounds his car and tosses him in the drunk tank, a mean dude is after him for money, he’s imprisoned in a store basement by gay sadists, and he’s shot at. Along the way, however, he shows kindness to a near-sighted kid, and those random acts may prove to be his salvation.
Title: Breaks, The
Release Date: 1999
Genres: Comedy
- Directors: Meza, Eric
- Actors:
- Lane Jr., Teddy as Large Jaw Guy in Jail
- Clinton, George as Himself
- Benjamin, Paul as Clerk
- Bentley, Lamont as Darryl
- Doran, Justin as Nilla
- E-40 as Judge
- Edwards, Pierre as The Pimp
- Evans, Art
- Farley, John as Police Officer
- Farley, Kevin P. as Police Officer
- Harris, Ricky as Militant Leader
- Hodge, Edwin as Tiki
- McCrary, Darius as Shaquan
- Mui, Eddie as Kim
- Mullany, Mitch as Derrick King