Cut Throat City

Cut Throat City is a 2020 American heist film directed by RZA from a screenplay by Paul Cuschieri.

The film stars Shameik Moore, T.I., Demetrius Shipp Jr., Kat Graham, Wesley Snipes, Terrence Howard, Eiza González and Ethan Hawke.

Blink suggests he and his friends meet with Demyra's cousin, Lorenzo Bass, a local drug lord.

Bass orders Blink to "walk the plank" by exposing his penis to a caged raccoon, but Junior uses a dog whistle to call his Rottweiler.

Meanwhile, Demyra is threatened by Bass, and so she meets with Alderman Jackson Symms, whose wife she provided hospice services for, and he agrees to help.

Blink, Miracle, and Junior rob local businesses in an attempt to make quick cash and attract the attention of The Saint.

Blink proposes they rob a FEMA office but the robbery goes wrong when Miracle kills a security guard.

During the ending credits, Symms meets with Courtney at the grave of Andre where he shoots him dead and appoints Miracle (who also survived) as the new overseer of the Lower Ninth.

In December 2017, it was announced Terrence Howard, Wesley Snipes, T.I., Eiza González, Demetrius Shipp Jr. Shameik Moore, Joel David Moore, Kat Graham, Rob Morgan, Keean Johnson, Denzel Whitaker, Isaiah Washington and Sam Daly had joined the cast of the film, with RZA directing from a screenplay by Paul Cuschieri, with Elliott Michael Smith p.g.a., William Clevinger p.g.a., Sean Lydiard p.g.a., Michael Mendelson, Kyle Tekiela serving as producers; (Rumble Riot Pictures, Patriot Pictures and XYZ Films banners, respectively).

The website's critics consensus reads: "An evolution for director RZA, Cut Throat City overcomes occasionally muddled storytelling on the strength of its raw, infectious energy.

"[19] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 67 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".