Against the Wall (1994, TV Movie)

Starring:

• Samuel L. Jackson
• Kyle MacLachlan
• Clarence Williams III
• Steve Harris
• Frederic Forrest
• Harry Dean Stanton
• Philip Bosco
• Tom Bower
• Anne Heche
• Carmen Argenziano
• Peter Murnik
• David Ackroyd
• Mark Cabus

Storyline
In this film based on a true story, an idealistic young recruit, Michael Smith (Kyle MacLachlan), begins working in Attica Penitentiary and quickly learns how awfully the inmates are being treated. Soon a prison riot breaks out, and Smith and the other guards are taken, hostage. The prisoners, led by Jamaal (Samuel L. Jackson), take control of the jail and demand better living conditions. Despite the tense environment, Smith finds sympathy for Jamaal, who is a political prisoner.

L.A. Heat (1988)

Starring:

• Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs
• Jim Brown
• Kevin Benton
• Myles Thoroughgood
• John Henry Richardson
• Robert Gallo
• Raymond Martino
• Joe Verroca

Storyline
Detective Jon Chance always dreamed of being a cowboy hero, living by the "code of the West." He always pictured himself as an exemplary hero who always felt that the use of guns was not a necessity. However, Chance needs to stop dreaming. He must return to reality! Chance's assignment (and he has no choice but to accept it) is to capture this mean faced drug dealer called Clarence. This assignment has escalated into a personal vendetta for this vice detective when this nefarious drug dealer murders chance's partner, Carl, during a routine drug bust. A drug war will soon ensue between Clarence, who is trying to retrieve his drugs and money, and the police.