Oscar nominees* Laurence Fishburne (*1993 Best Actor: "What's Love Got To Do With It?", the "Matrix" trilogy), Tim Roth (**1995 Best Supporting Actor: "Rob Roy", TV's "Lie to Me"), and Andy Garcia (*1990 Best Supporting Actor: "The Godfather Part III", Smokin' Aces) set the screen ablaze in this riveting crime thriller exploding with spectacular gun battles and brutal action. In 1930's New York, Bumpy Johnson (Fishburne) rules the Harlem numbers racket with a rare combination of honor, dignity, and strength. But when savage gangster, Dutch Schultz (Roth), threatens his reign with a series of bloody attacks, Bumpy knows that the only way to win is to play Dutch's deadly game. As a vicious war spins madly out of control, so does Bumpy's personal life, and soon the mobster realizes that his only way out is to instigate a dangerous plan involving one of the most feared and powerful gangsters in history... mob chieftain Lucky Luciano (Garcia). Featuring outstanding supporting performances by Vanessa Williams (Eraser, TV's "Desperate Housewives") and the legendary Cicely Tyson (Idlewild, Sounder), "Hoodlum" is a thrilling, electrifying and suspense-filled adventure. MPAA Rated R for graphic gangster violence, strong language, a scene of sexuality and some nudity. Produced & released by United Artists Films, an division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios LLC. Distributed by MGM Distribution Co.