White Boy Rick

White Boy Rick

R2018Crime • Drama • Biography
Synopsis
Rick Wershe is a single father who's struggling to raise two teenagers during the height of the crack epidemic in 1980s Detroit. Wershe sells guns illegally to make ends meet but soon attracts attention from the FBI. Federal agents convince his son, Rick Jr., to become an undercover drug informant in exchange for keeping his father out of prison. When young Rick gets in too deep, he finds himself seduced by the lure of easy money and becomes a drug dealer himself.
Cast
Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley, Jennifer Leigh, Brian Henry, Rory Cochrane, RJ Cyler, Jonathan Majors, Eddie Marsan, Taylour Paige, Bruce Dern, Piper Laurie, Raekwon Haynes, Ishmael "Ishdarr" Ali, James Howard, YG, Danny Brown, Kyanna Simpson, Morerice Thornton, Isaiah Ali, E'Xavion Walker, Lawrence Adimora, Alan Jones, Art Terry, Santos Velasquez, Heidi Sulzman, LaShawn Little, Ronald Williams Jr., Anthony Woods, James Shinkle
Rating
RAdult Situations, Adult Language, Brief Nudity, Violence
Genres
Crime, Drama, Biography, Crime drama

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