Avery Brooks’s Typical Vibe
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Highest-ranked title
Highest-ranked title
Avery Brooks has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including American History X.
Recurring themes

Hummingbird
2013
Action · Thriller

So Help Me God
2018
Documentary · Thriller

In Too Deep
1999
Drama · Action

Hellion
2014
Thriller · Drama

Dead Man Down
2013
Thriller · Action

Rust Creek
2019
Thriller · Drama

A Score to Settle
2019
Action · Crime

Lost in the Sun
2015
Action · Crime

Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
Dir. Tony Kaye · With Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo

At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
Dir. Rick Berman, Michael Piller · With Avery Brooks, Nana Visitor, Colm Meaney

Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.
Dir. Kirk Wong Chi-Keung · With Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate

When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."
Dir. John Herzfeld · With Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer

The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in the Star Trek franchise.
Dir. William Shatner · With William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks