Caught Up is a 1998 American crime-drama film written and directed by Darin Scott.

Daryl Allen (Bokeem Woodbine) is an ex-con who has been serving time for drug charges.

Daryl drives Trip to the bank, unaware he's taking part in a robbery, which makes him furious.

During that period, his girlfriend Trish (Cynda Williams) gets married and moves away with their son.

Daryl meets a psychic named Vanessa Dietrich (also Cynda Williams) who looks exactly like his ex-girlfriend.

After initially refusing to work for Billy, he eventually changes his mind and takes the job.

He meets a man named Herbert (Clifton Powell), who also works for Billy and they get along very well.

The car gets a flat tire and when Daryl goes to retrieve the spare he finds a dead body in the trunk.

Fearing he'll be sent back to prison for life, Daryl picks up a tire iron and prepares to knock out the officer.

Herbert walks in and reveals that he is really a cop named Frank Lowden, who has been investigating Billy for months.

She explains that her ex, Ahmad gave her a diamond that's worth half a million dollars.

Suddenly, Billy's bodyguard is killed by Ahmad (Basil Wallace), a Jamaican mobster.

His men tie Billy to a chair and question him about how to find Daryl, since he is wanted for murdering Vanessa.

Daryl decides to leave town but first he pulls over and calls Trish's husband, Roger (LL Cool J).

During the robbery, Trip had shot off the guards genitals so he's been stalking Daryl to get revenge.

Daryl emerges from the water still alive, due to the bulletproof vest he's wearing.

The film ends with Daryl saying: "Life is just a game, but to win you gotta avoid getting caught up."

The following weekend, although opening in nine more theaters, the film was only able to pull in $1,024,103, dropping to sixteen in the ranks.