Michael Ralph Movies
- 1991
To enhance the popularity of his new band X-Pression, Ron (Darryl M. Bell) hires Kim (Charnele Brown) as vocalist. Unfortunately, this tantalizing brush with success and stardom turns Kim into a prima donna--and worse, Ron can't fire her without losing his gig at a local club. Meanwhile, Col. Taylor (Glynn Turman) tries to prove that he's "young" enough for wife Jaleesa (Dawnn Lewis) by buying a motorcycle and taking dance lessons...but this isn't nearly as startling as the news Jaleesa has for him. Series regular Charnele Brown sings "With You I'm Born Again". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
In Marked for Death, Steven Seagal is told to "try to find the gentle person inside yourself." But he doesn't spend too much time looking, preferring instead to crack the spines of his victims. Seagal plays John Hatcher, a burned-out narcotics agent who resigns from the Drug Enforcement Administration after his partner is killed. He returns to his hometown and finds the city in the thrall of a vicious Jamaican drug gang, led by the nasty Screwface (Basil Wallace). He meets an old friend, now a high school football coach, who tells John about losing his best player and his 13-year-old nephew to drug overdoses. Soon John's family is threatened and his prize Mustang stolen, so John joins forces with his buddy to take on Screwface and the drug gang themselves. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Steven Seagal, Basil Wallace, (more)
- 1990
Even though Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley (Jasmine Guy) are on the verge of getting back together, Dwayne may mess up the reconciliation by dwelling on the past. Elsewhere, Ron (Darryl M. Bell) disses homeless people in history class, only to be forced to eat his words when he meets Ray Nay (Lee Weaver), a shabby street person who'd once been a successful entrepreneur. Featured in a small role is Michael Ralph, in the first of several nondescript Different World assignments before he settled into the part of Kim's (Charnele Brown) boyfriend Spencer Boyer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
