Charles Burnett, one of America's most highly regarded independent filmmakers, wrote and directed this domestic drama about a black middle-class family living in South central Los Angeles. However, there are no gangs, no guns, no drugs but instead a lyrical story that draws on folklore and the supernatural. 　　family tensions are already simmering when Harry (Danny Glover) arrives to visit his old friends. He exudes an easy charm, knows secret past and present and is soon installed in the heart of the family. However, as his stay lengthens, so does he begin to cast an even more malevolent spell, provoking turmoil, setting son against son, reviving past hatreds, and inflicting a mysterious illness. 　　Glover delivers a career-topping performance as the garrulous family friend, full of hidden menace, effortlessly evoking nostalgia and horror in the same breath. 　　As ever, Burnett provides a wonderful music track featuring gospel, blues and jazz and a cameo from the legendary Jimmy Weatherspoon. 　　'A slow-burning, soul-insinuating, 12-bar blues of a movie.' Tom Charity, Time Out 　　'Danny Glover is marvellous, and terrifying, as a charismatic old-timer.' The Times 　　(from the description on the back cover of the DVD)

洛杉机在动乱之后成为一座罪恶的城市，在恶势力毒贩统治控制下呈现一片哀败。遭到毒贩杀害而大难不死的艾许，为了復仇，摧毁了几个毒贩的根据地。毒贩老大威胁艾许，不但绑架了和艾许有一段情缘的莎拉，而且还发现了艾许的弱点......