Tyrese Gibson is the exceptional lead of the new crime thriller 1992, rooted in the very real issues and traumas of the L.A. riots following the brutal police beating of Rodney King. Gibson explores his personal connection to the film and discusses his new music, a double album called Beautiful Pain. Check it out at Tyrese.tv and see 1992 in theaters on Aug. 30 from Lionsgate.

In 1992, Mercer (Tyrese Gibson) is desperately trying to rebuild his life and his relationship with his son (Christopher A’mmanuel) amidst the turbulent 1992 LA uprising following the Rodney King verdict. Across town, another father and son (Ray Liotta and Scott Eastwood) put their own strained relationship to the test as they plot a dangerous heist to steal catalytic converters, which contain valuable platinum, from the factory where Mercer works. As tensions rise in Los Angeles and chaos erupts, both families reach their boiling points when they collide in this tense crime-thriller.

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