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Antwone Fisher review by from London

Antwone Fisher 11 November 2003
...ce. But the real gems of the film belong to the rest of the class, especially Derek Luke who plays the Antwone Fisher himself, and Joy Bryant who plays his girlfriend... Read customer review

Spartan review by from Essex

No House of Games 14 March 2005
...ctly what post the politician holds) and is thrown together with a raw recruit (Derek Luke) who we first meet not particularly impressing in training. Mamet attempts ... Read customer review

Catch A Fire review by MartinEvening from Willesden Green

Best film I have seen in a long time 25 September 2007
... one of Robbin's finest roles. But above all it was the portrayal of Patrick by Derek Luke that had me gripped throughout. Highly recommended. ... Read customer review

Derek Luke - filmography

Sparkle (2012)
Starring: Mike Epps, Derek Luke, Whitney Houston
Director: Salim Akil
Certificate:
Three sisters form a successful singing group and must deal with the fallout of fame and drugs.

74% from 5 members
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
Starring: Keira Knightley, Steve Carell, Connie Britton
Director: Lorene Scafaria
Certificate:
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbour who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.

75% from 2 members
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Seeking A Friend For The End Of The Worl... (2012)
Starring: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton
Director: Lorene Scafaria
Certificate:
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley star in this apocalyptic comedy following two neighbours who set out for one last road trip after learning that a massive asteroid will wipe out all life on Earth in just three weeks. As the odometer turns and society collapses all around them, the connection that ..read more »

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Notorious on DVD (2009)
Starring: Jamal Woolard, Derek Luke, Angela Bassett
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Certificate:
The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.

69% from 6,597 members

Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
Starring: Tyler Perry, Vanessa Ferlito, Keshia Knight Pulliam
Director: Tyler Perry
Certificate:
Mischievous grandma Madea lands in jail, where she meets a variety of mixed-up characters.

72% from 29 members
Currently unavailable

Trauma - Season 1 (2009)
Starring: Derek Luke, Anastasia Griffith, Aimee Garcia
Director: Jeffrey Reiner, Norberto Barba
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This fast-paced drama series follows the brave men and women of San Francisco General Hospital's first-responder paramedic unit, a team that races to the save victims of trauma and tragedy wherever they are, whatever the danger. As emergencies strike all across the Bay Area, these medics must push ..read more »

81% from 19 members
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Notorious - Blu-ray (2009)
Starring: Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Certificate:
The dramatic retelling of the life, remarkable rise, and violent fall of rapper Christopher Wallace (aka the Notorious B.I.G.), NOTORIOUS plays like A STAR IS BORN set to a rattling gangsta snare. With crisp direction by George Tillman Jr., producer of the BARBERSHOP series, the film is briskly ..read more »

68% from 1,658 member

Miracle at St. Anna on DVD (2008)
Starring: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso
Director: Spike Lee
Certificate:
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"Miracle at St. Anna" chronicles the story of four African-American soldiers who are members of the U.S. Army as part of the all-Black 92nd Buffalo Soldier Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II. They experience the tragedy and triumph of the war as they find themselves trapped ..read more »

63% from 502 members

Miracle at St. Anna - Blu-ray (2008)
Starring: Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Matteo Sciabordi
Director: Spike Lee
Certificate:
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Spike Lee's World War II film MIRACLE AT ST ANNA begins in 1983 with Hector Negron, a veteran of that war, unexpectedly shooting a customer dead. Police discover that the suspect, a quiet postal worker, kept a statue head worth millions of dollars in his apartment. An eager young reporter (Joseph ..read more »

61% from 221 members

Lions for Lambs on DVD (2007)
Starring: Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise
Director: Robert Redford
Certificate:
Two determined students as a West Coast University, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Pena), follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley (Robert Redford), and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in ..read more »

58% from 23,308 members

Glory Road on DVD (2006)
Starring: Joshua Lucas, Tatyana M. Ali, Jon Voight
Director: James Garner
Certificate:
GLORY ROAD is about more than a college basketball team in the mid-1960s playing its way to the championship: it is the true story of a coach and his team taking a stand against discrimination in order to play their best game. As the new men's basketball coach at Texas Western, Don Haskins has one ..read more »

69% from 2,641 members

Catch A Fire on DVD (2006)
Starring: Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Mbuli
Director: Phillip Noyce
Certificate:
A political thriller that powerfully tells the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke) is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious (..read more »

66% from 7,659 members

Spartan on DVD (2004)
Starring: Val Kilmer, William H. Macy, Derek Luke
Director: David Mamet
Certificate:
When a U.S. government secret agent is assigned to rescuing the kidnapped daughter of a high ranking government official, he realises all is not what it seems.

53% from 19,610 members

Friday Night Lights on DVD (2004)
Starring: Billy Bob Thorton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund
Director: Peter Berg
Certificate:
Based on H.G. Bissinger's book, which profiled the economically depressed town of Odessa, Texas and their heroic high school football team, The Permian High Panthers.

64% from 6,500 members

Pieces Of April on DVD (2003)
Starring: Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt
Director: Peter Hedges
Certificate:
Katie Holmes is outstanding as the title character in Peter Hedges' PIECES OF APRIL. Holmes stars as April Burns, the black sheep of her family who has left suburbia for a Lower East Side tenement. To reconnect with her mother Joy (Patricia Clarkson), and father Jim (Oliver Platt), she invites them ..read more »

62% from 4,514 members

Biker Boyz on DVD (2003)
Starring: Orlando Jones, Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke
Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood
Certificate:
This eclectic entry in the "extreme sports" genre takes a close, fictionalized look at the world of California motorcycle clubs. (It is based on an L.A. New Times article.) The great Laurence Fishburne appears as Smoke, the unbeaten "king of Cali" motorcycle racing, and president of The Black ..read more »

53% from 2,792 members

Antwone Fisher on DVD (2002)
Starring: Derek Luke, Denzel Washington, Joy Bryant
Director: Denzel Washington
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Denzel Washington's directorial debut is based on a true story about Antwone "Fish" Fisher who went on to become an acclaimed writer and producer. As a young sailor prone to violent outbursts, he is almost thrown out of the Navy for repeated fighting. Sent to a naval psychiatrist for help, the ..read more »

70% from 6,654 members

Derek Luke facts

5 most recent films

Sparkle - 3.5 stars
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - 4.0 stars
Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Notorious - 3.5 stars
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Antwone Fisher - 3.5 stars
Glory Road - 3.5 stars
Notorious - 3.5 stars
Notorious - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Catch A Fire - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail - 3.5 stars
Sparkle - 3.5 stars
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - 4.0 stars
Trauma - Season 1 - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Leguizamo - 3 times - show films
Michael Ealy - 3 times - show films
Omar Benson Miller - 3 times - show films
Laz Alonso - 3 times - show films
Joseph Gordon Levitt - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Spike Lee - 3 times - show films
Lorene Scafaria - 2 times - show films
George Tillman Jr. - 2 times - show films
Peter Hedges - 1 times - show films
James Garner - 1 times - show films

09 Feb 2009
Notorious
2.5 stars out of 5
20 Mar 2007
Catch a Fire
08 Nov 2007
Lions for Lambs
13 Feb 2009
Notorious: George Tillman Jr interview
11 Dec 2006
Denzel Washington