the late christopher reeve star a jonathan fisher and an investigative reporter who try to tackle the story of a pimp day to day life . cave in to the pressure of an impending deadline and he come up with a fictional story . the unfortunate side effect of this fabrication be that the assistant district attorney ( jay patterson ) be convince that he tell the story of a real life pimp and fast black ( morgan freeman and in his breakout and academy award nominated performance ) and who be prosecute for murder . the cannon group make it fair share of entertain thriller and and action and horror and and sci fi movie during the 1980 and but this have to stand a one of their more interesting effort . it a pretty good story ( write by david freeman ) and consistently entertaining and easy to watch . ultimately and it do a good job of portray a seamy side of life and while contrast that with the kind of high society that wouldn not ordinarily connect with it . and the fact that fisher be not so different from fast black certainly come across while the movie do have something to say about the way that certain type in the news business conduct themselves and and the potential repercussion of their action . i think that reeve do a decent enough job in the lead and although it definitely true that his co star fare much well . kathy baker be wonderfully appeal ( and sexy ) a punchy and one of fast black girl while she shin in all of her scene and especially when she relate to fisher the comedic account of her first ever trick . but freeman emerges a the real star of the movie . in a role far remove from the calm and authoritative and and wise persona that have be his stock in trade in the year since and he show his true range and portray a cunning and ruthless and also intelligent criminal who can come off a genial and welcoming and then turn on a dime and reveal the ugly side lie underneath the smooth exterior . mimi rogers and andre gregory and anna maria horsford and and erik king co star and with each of them deliver good performance as well . street smart be a solid movie with a good premise and presentation and enjoyable soundtrack and and some mighty fine moment and especially one involve freeman and baker and and a pair of scissors . positive .