Chuck Jeffreys

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai -- East meets West in this hip-hop infused samurai-gangster pic in which Forest Whitaker plays a professional killer who goes by the name of Ghost Dog and who lives by the age-old code of the Samurai.

Karl Thomasson believes there is something more to the string of carjackings that have taken place at Lenthrop High and goes undercover as a substitute teacher to uncover the plot behind the carjackings. The threat is a lot closer than he dares to think.

East meets West in this hip-hop infused samurai-gangster pic in which Forest Whitaker plays a professional killer who goes by the name of Ghost Dog and who lives by the age-old code of the Samurai. When Ghost Dog's code is dangerously betrayed by the dysfunctional mafia family that occasionally employs him, he must find a way to defend himself without breaking the code of the Samurai.

This ostensible sequel finds another substitute teacher adding vengeance to the curriculum; this time, Treat Williams steps into the role, hunting down the members of the vicious New York City gang who killed his brother.