Cast & Crew

Directed by

Scott Sanders

Writing Credits

Michael Jai White
(screenplay) &
Byron Minns
(screenplay) &
Scott Sanders
(screenplay)
Michael Jai White
(story) &
Byron Minns
(story)

Cast

Phyllis Applegate
Aunt Billy
Obba Babatundé
Osiris
William Bassett
Captain Yancy
Troy Lindsey Brown
Kid #1
Fredella Calloway
Waitress
Cheryl Carter
Black Dynamite's Mother
Juka Ceesay
Valet Girl
Kevin Chapman
O'Leary
Tommy Davidson
Cream Corn
Lucky Davis
Paperboy
Nicholas Earley
Neighborhood Kid
Richard Edson
Dino
Jason Jack Edwards
Soul Brother
Jon Kent Ethridge
12 year old Black Dynamite
Mary Evans
Woman at table
Cory Gluck
16 year old Jimmy
Dionne Gipson
Afroditey
Arsenio Hall
Tasty Freeze
Paul Hayes
Doctor
Darrel Heath
Militant 2
Erika Vution
Black Chick
Justine Joli
White Woman Swimming
Izetta Karp
Granny
Irwin Keyes
Henchman
John Kerry
Chief
Charmane Star
Asian Chick
Daniel Leavitt
Teasing Boy #1
Buddy Lewis
Gunsmoke
Neil Lewis
18 year old Black Dynamite
Buddy Love
Drug Dealing Pimp
Brian McKnight
Sweet Meat
James McManus
Richard Nixon
Byron Minns
Bullhorn
Phil Morris
Saheed
Jessica Moreno
Dumb Broad #1
Stacy Adams
Nurse
Tumani Nicole
Brikwilla
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Mo Bitches
Victor Orlando
Club M.C.
Nicole Ari Parker
Mahogany Black
Damion Poitier
Thug #2
Candace Rice
Shawanda
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Gloria
John Salley
Kotex
Akhir Shabazz Regains
Freddie
Tucker Smallwood
Congressman Monroe James
Edwina Snowden
Black Chick #2
Brittney Sorensen
White Chick
Chris Spencer
Militant 1
Mike Starr
Rafelli
Larnell Stovall
Thug #1
Nicole Sullivan
Patricia Nixon
Nakia Secrest
Euphoria
Ben Tan
Kid #2
Paul Taylor
Pretty Terry
Al Vicente
Capo
Baron Vaughn
Jimmy
Jimmy Walker Jr.
Roscoe
Michael Jai White
Black Dynamite
Kym Whitley
Honey Bee
Lee Whittaker
Donut Man
Billy 'Sly' Williams
Willy Sly
Mykelti Williamson
Chicago Wind
Bokeem Woodbine
Black Hand Jack
Cedric Yarbrough
Chocolate Giddy-Up
Andre Younge
Reggie
Roger Yuan
Fiendish Dr. Wu
Pete Antico
Abraham Lincoln
Sorana Black
Disguised Waitress #1
Sean Christopher
Nipsy
Seth Horinouchi
Chinese Boy
Andray Johnson
Karate Instructor
Lauren Mary Kim
Hoe
Jesse Lewis IV
Militant #3
Alexis McCombs
Hooker
K.J. Middlebrooks
Pimp in barbershop
Kevin Murry
Nipsy's neighbor
Loren Oden
Leon St. James
Garen Petrossian
Goon 3
John Rhymes
Suga Pimp
Charlotte Stokely
White Chick #2
Poco Zocko
Goon

Produced by

Jillian Apfelbaum
co-producer
Deanna Berkeley
executive producer
James Berkeley
executive producer
Charla Driver
line producer
Alison Engel
co-producer
Nathan Funk
co-producer
Trevor Funk
co-producer
Intesar Haider
associate producer
Seth Harrison
co-producer
Matt Richards
co-producer
Jenna Segal
co-producer
Paul Segal
co-producer
Jenny Steingart
producer (as Jenny Wiener Steingart)
Jon Steingart
producer

Music by

Adrian Younge

Cinematography by

Shawn Maurer

Editing by

Adrian Younge

Casting By

Jason James
Rick Montgomery

Production Design by

Denise Pizzini

Set Decoration by

Antonia Nunez

Costume Design by

Ruth E. Carter

Makeup Department

Tena Austin
key makeup artist
Kali Balugo
key makeup artist
Randi Mavestrand
additional makeup artist
Valerie Nelson
additional hair stylist
Cole Patterson
additional makeup artist
AL Payne
additional hair stylist (as Al Payne)
Charles Gregory Ross
hair department head
Yvette Shelton
key hair stylist
Laini Thompson
makeup department head
Megan Weems
additional hair stylist

Production Management

Tessa Lyn Stephenson
unit production manager: additional photography

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Cristi Rickey
second second assistant director
Chad Rosen
first assistant director
Tessa Lyn Stephenson
second assistant director
Ron Yuan
action director / second unit director

Art Department

A.J. Chatem
propmaker foreman
Davin Cheng
storyboard artist
Derek Dean
set dresser
Ethan Goodwin
set decoration buyer
Laura M. Guzik
art department coordinator
Kevin 'Chevy' Martinez
set dresser
German Velasco
set dresser
Joyce Yeich
assistant property master
Bob West
graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

David Barber
re-recording mixer / sound editor
Melissa Bylsma
sound coordinator
Trevor Dowswell
sound coordinator
John Evans
boom operator
Sara Glaser
sound mixer
Sean Gray
sound designer / sound effects editor
David Kitchens
sound supervisor
Steve Morantz
production sound mixer: additional photography
Richard Ragon
second unit sound mixer
George Wymenga
sound utility

Visual Effects by

Brian Adler
visual effects supervisor
Ko Eun Koni Jung
visual effects
Seo Jungwook
research and development
Jason Madigan
technical director
Sunny Sung-Yong Park
visual effects (as Sungyong Park)
Sadie D. Johnson
digital project manager (uncredited)

Stunts

Tsuyoshi Abe
stunt player
Pete Antico
stunt player
Clayton J. Barber
stunt player (as Clayton Barber)
Fernando Chien
stunt player
Arnold Chon
stunt player
Sean Christopher
stunt player
David Chan Cordeiro
stunt player (as David Cordeiro)
Gary Daniels
stunt player
Christopher Donton
action consultant
Roel Failma
stunt player
Clay Donahue Fontenot
stunt player (as Clay Fontenot)
Precious Jenkins
stunt player (as Preshas Jenkins)
Lauren Mary Kim
stunt player (as Lauren Kim)
Henry Kingi
stunt player
Luke LaFontaine
stunt player
Will Leong
stunt player (as Leong William)
James Lew
stunt player
Michael Li
stunt player
Jalil Jay Lynch
stunt player (as Jalil Lynch)
Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom
stunt player
Norb Phillips
stunt player (as Norbert Phillips)
Damion Poitier
stunt player
Jeff Pruitt
stunt player
Simon Rhee
stunt player
Buddy Sosthand
stunt player
Larnell Stovall
stunt player
Jen Kuo Sung
stunt player (as Jen Sun Outerbridge)
Jake Swallow
stunt player
C.C. Taylor
stunt player
Steve Upton
stunt player
David Wald
stunt player
Lee Whittaker
stunts (as Lee Whitaker)
Mike Wilson
assistant fight coordinator (as Michael Wilson) / assistant stunt coordinator (as Michael Wilson) / stunt player (as Michael Wilson)
Kerry Wong
assistant fight coordinator / assistant stunt coordinator / stunt player
Roger Yuan
co-fight coordinator
Ron Yuan
action director / fight coordinator / stunt coordinator
Robbie Alexander
stunt double: Michael Jai White (uncredited)
Troy Lindsay Brown
stunt performer (uncredited)
Precious Jenkins
stunt double: Tommy Davidson (uncredited)
Henry Kingi Jr.
stunt double (uncredited)
James LeQuang
stunt performer (uncredited)
Michael Li
stunt rigger (uncredited)
Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom
stunt double: Phil Morris (uncredited)
Larnell Stovall
stunt double (uncredited)
Steve Upton
stunt rigging coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Benjamin Agee
electrician
Darwin Montana Browne
key grip
Robert Forrest
film loader
Prashant Gupta
still photographer
Jeremy Launais
gaffer
Luis Lopez DeVictoria
best boy grip
Frank Sun
additional photographer
Gregg Thompson
grip
Gregg Williams
camera operator
Ramian E. Williams
set lighting technician
Alfredo Rosado
first assistant "b" camera (uncredited)

Animation Department

Greg Franklin
animation director (uncredited)

Casting Department

Rich King
extras casting
Mac Marshall
extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Pierre Ciofassa
set costumer
Megan Coates
set costumer
Elaine McGhee
key costumer
Kara Stanford
key set costumer

Editorial Department

Craig Alpert
special consultant
Mariah Breitel Hembree
post script services (as Mariah Breitel)
John S. Nash
on-line editor (as John Nash)
Mike Sowa
digital intermediate color timer
Gilbert Carreras
color timer (uncredited)
Valance Eisleben
digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Location Management

Nick Bergthold
location assistant
Frank Pinnock
location consultant

Music Department

Brian Bennett
composer: stock music
Syd Dale
composer: stock music
David Gold
composer: stock music
Steve Gray
composer: stock music
Alan Hawkshaw
composer: stock music
Clive Hicks
composer: stock music
David Hollander
music supervisor
Keith Mansfield
composer: stock music
Johnny Pearson
composer: stock music
David Snell
composer: stock music
Alan Tew
composer: stock music

Script and Continuity Department

Susan Bambara
additional script supervisor

Transportation Department

Joey Banks
transportation captain
Billy Colbert
transportation coordinator
Tim Farrands
driver
Javier Jimenez
driver
Reese Lane
driver
William Majik
driver
Peter Ortega
driver
Joey Rivera
driver
Craig Walendy
driver

Additional Crew

Craig Alpert
special consultant
Matt Baker
key production assistant
Ben Feldman
production legal services
Paula Killen
office production assistant
Derick LaSalla
assistant production coordinator
Angela Mak
production legal services
Felisha Grice Pedersen
production assistant (as Felisha N. Grice)
Alicia Rivera Frankl
production accountant
Anna Rosenbaum
assistant to producer
Stella Rubin
production accountant
Tim Shuler
office production coordinator
Jennifer Spencer
production assistant
Mike Tristano
weapons supplier
Steve Douglas-Craig
story analyst (uncredited)

Thanks

Norwood Cheek
special thanks
Peyton Reed
special thanks
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