As Paul would say, this movie has it all, a slam poetry training montage, an inexplicable HIV subplot, and the greatest soul patch ever caught on film.
But don't take our word for it, just watch this...
"Sometimes we fight with fists and sometimes we kill with words."
"In underground clubs around the country men and women meet and go to war but without their fists. Using their minds instead of brawn watch as these gifted warriors fresh off the street go to war through words. One night during one of these rants, JAKE THOMPSON is discovered by an attractive publisher, but life isn't what it seems. While Jake thinks he's got it made, he quickly falls into a violent tug of war between his new love, his old streets and his arch rival, who intends to destroy him."