Noted R&B artist and producer Kenneth (Babyface) Edmonds served as executive producer for this tough urban drama. After a shooting incident in a neglected inner-city school leaves a police officer wounded, a group of students holds the cop hostage, in a desperate effort to force improvements to their school. The cast includes another R&B hitmaker,
Usher, as well as
Forest Whitaker, Vanessa L. Williams, and
Rosario Dawson. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide