Riot
1996
Action / Drama

Riot
1996
Action / Drama
Plot summary
In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined stories.
Director
Top cast
Tech specs
720p.WEB 1080p.WEBMovie Reviews
disturbing, but very good.
Heat Wave (1990) (TV) is more entertaining and far more enlightening
Heat Wave, TNT's movie about the 1965 Watts Riots is a far better film than Riot and handles many similar themes far more successfully. Riot, on the hand does a lot of yakking but little is really talked about. In trying to say "everything" about the causes and concerns that lead to the L.A. Riots, it ends up becoming totally unfocused and rather tedious. This is too important a subject to be given such short shrift and lack of real insight.