Strapped is a 1993 television

Television movie

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 crime

Crime film

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-thriller/drama

Drama

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, produced by HBO Films

HBO Films

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 for HBO. It starred, William James Stiggers Jr., Chi Ali

Chi Ali

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 and was the debut film of Bokeem Woodbine

Bokeem Woodbine

Bokeem Woodbine is an American film and television actor.-Personal life:Woodbine was born in Harlem, New York to an actress mother. He attended the prestigious Dalton School in New York before transferring to the also prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in the city...

 and rapper Fredro Starr

Fredro Starr

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. Directed by Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker

Forest Steven Whitaker is an American actor, producer, and director. He has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as Bird and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, and for his recurring role as ex-LAPD Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh on the gritty, award-winning television...

, it was the actor's first feature film as a director.

The film portrayed a young ex-con, played by Woodbine, who attempts to turn his life around and start legitimate work. However, his girlfriend soon gets in legal trouble and the police force him into a complicated undercover operation involving selling guns on the street and selling information to the police. The title "Strapped" refers to the urban slang for carrying a gun.

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