Ernest R. Dickerson’s Typical Vibe
Signature vibe

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Highest-ranked title
Ernest R. Dickerson has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2000s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.
Recurring themes

The King of the Kickboxers
1990
Action · Crime

Playing God
1997
Drama · Action

Stone Cold
1991
Action · Crime

Payback
1999
Action · Drama

Hard to Kill
1990
Action · Drama

Best of the Best 2
1993
Action · Thriller

Desperate Measures
1998
Action · Drama

Desperado
1995
Thriller · Action

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.
Dir. Ernest R. Dickerson · With Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.
Dir. Ernest R. Dickerson · With Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Khalil Kain

A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
Dir. Ernest R. Dickerson · With Rutger Hauer, Ice-T, Charles S. Dutton

An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name is Jack Carter, and he is working undercover with the LAPD to bust Moses and Colton at a sting operation the LAPD has set up.
Dir. Ernest R. Dickerson · With Damon Wayans, Adam Sandler, James Caan
A drug kingpin's rise and tragic fall is witnessed vicariously by a reporter who uses the criminal's diary as the basis for his new book.
Dir. Ernest R. Dickerson · With DMX, David Arquette, Michael Ealy
Over 20 years after his death, local legend and benefactor Jimmy Bones returns as a ghost to get revenge on those who killed him and restore his neighborhood.
Dir. Ernest R. Dickerson · With Snoop Dogg, Pam Grier, Bianca Lawson