Starring
DMX, David Arquette, Michael Ealy

King David (DMX), a hard-boiled, stylish criminal who returns to his hometown seeking redemption but finding only violent death. However, he does not die alone. King David's final moments are spent with Paul (David Arquette) an aspiring journalist who knew him just a few minutes but upon whose life he would forever have an impact.

King David - half preacher, half Satan and all street-smarts - had recorded the story of his recent exploits on audiotape, leaving behind an often poetic sermon on villainy and its consequences. The tapes reveal that the cycle of violence and retribution his actions have spawned has come back on him full circle, as he suspected it might all along.

Based on legendary street novelist Donald Goines' book of the same name; Goines was one of the most prolific and widely read black authors of his generation, having written his first two books while incarcerated. He followed those with an astonishing 16 novels, written from the time he was released from prison in 1970 until he was shot to death in 1974.

Directed by
Ernest Dickerson