A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

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Wikipedia article 'A Thin Line Between Love and Hate' is a 1996 American comedy thriller film. It tells the story of Darnell Wright (Martin Lawrence), a ladies' man who finds himself stalked by one of his obsessed lovers: Brandi (Lynn Whitfield), an attractive and successful, but unstable older businesswoman. Lawrence directed the film, and co-wrote the screenplay alongside Kenny Buford, Bentley Kyle Evans and Kim Bass. Released on April 3, 1996, the film grossed over $34 million at the box office against a budget of $8 million. Plot Nightclub manager Darnell Wright (Martin Lawrence) is a perpetual playboy and hopeless male chauvinist. He works for a nightclub called 'Chocolate City' and aspires to be its owner. He trades VIP privileges at the club for favors from women. Though he is an expert at conning women, he sometimes worries about what his childhood sweetheart Mia (Regina King) thinks of his adventures. When the beautiful and wealthy Brandi Webb (Lynn Whitfield) steps out of a limousine to enter the club, Darnell feels that he's met his ultimate prize. She initially rejects his come-ons, which only fuels his appetite. He pursues her, showing up with flowers at her office. He finally wins over Brandi, only to find out that he's really in love with Mia. One morning, Darnell wakes up to find Brandi in his kitchen making bacon and pancakes. She wants him to hold her, but he pushes her off aggressively. However, Brandi doesn't take kindly to rejection. She becomes an obsessed femme fatale stalking him, even taking all four wheels off his SUV to ground him from his rounds, shattering his windshield and setting his nightclub on fire. In one scene, she hits herself with a fruit hidden in a stocking to cause bruises without fingerprints, and repeatedly slams a door on her arm injuring herself. When Darnell goes to see her at the hospital, he is arrested for a false domestic violence charge. She also threatens Mia's life. Ending his relationship with Mia is not enough to satisfy Brandi who finally administers Darnell's punishment for his misogyny. Darnell quickly learns the hard way that when you "play", you have to "pay." Darnell, now suffering from a gun wound attempts to take the gun off Brandi causing himself, Brandi and Mia to fall out of the window and land in the pool. Darnell wakes up in the hospital with all his friends and family as well as Mia standing over him, and decides to change his life for the better. Brandi ends up arrested and imprisoned. Cast * Martin Lawrence as Darnell Wright * Lynn Whitfield as Brandi Web * Regina King as Mia Williams * Bobby Brown as "Tee" * Della Reese as Mama Wright * Malinda Williams as Erica Wright * Daryl Mitchell as Earl * Roger E. Mosley as Smitty * Simbi Khali as Adrienne * Tangie Ambrose as Nikki * Wendy Raquel Robinson as Gwen * Stacii Jae Johnson as "Peaches" * Miguel A. Nez Jr. as Reggie * Faizon Love as Manny * Michael Bell as Marvis * Michael Taliferro as Club Security * Tiny Lister as Tyrone * Tracy Morgan as Sean, The Bartender Style The plot of 'A Thin Line Between Love and Hate' was influenced by 'Boomerang' and 'Fatal Attraction'. The opening sequence, depicting Darnell lying unconscious and fully clothed face down in a swimming pool while narrating the events that led him to there, was influenced by Billy Wilder's 1950 film 'Sunset Boulevard'. The film has been classified as a comedy thriller. Reception 'A Thin Line Between Love and Hate' grossed $34,873,513 at the box office against a budget of $8 million. The critical reception of the film was mostly negative. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 15% rating based on 27 reviews. Soundtrack A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on January 30, 1996, by Warner Bros. Records. It peaked at No. 22 on the 'Billboard' 200 and No. 5 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It consisted of a blend of hip hop and R&B music. The soundtrack contained three charting singles, "Beware of My Crew", "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" and "Let's Stay Together". On most releases of the soundtrack, Track 16 ("Brown Sugar" by DAngelo) is omitted from the soundtrack altogether, leaving only a total of 15 tracks. # "Beware of My Crew" - 4:30 (LBC Crew featuring Tray Deee & South Sentrelle) # "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate" - 4:50 (H-Town featuring Shirley Murdock & Roger Troutman) # "Damned If I Do" - 3:54 (Somethin' for the People featuring Adina Howard) # "Freak Tonight" - 3:57 (R. Kelly) # "I Don't Hang" - 4:58 (Soopafly) # "Love Got My Mind Trippin'" - 3:30 (Ganjah K) # "Ring My Bell" - 4:20 (Luniz) # "Playa fo Real" - 4:15 (Dru Down) # "Chocolate City" - 4:39 (Roger Troutman featuring Shirley Murdock) # "Thin Line" - 4:36 (Drawz) # "It's Ladies Night at Chocolate City" - 3:49 (Dark Complexion) # "Knocks Me Off My Feet" - 3:22 (Tevin Campbell) # "Let's Stay Together" - 4:53 (Eric Bent) # "Come Over" - 5:15 (Sandra St. Victor) # "Way Back When" - 4:28 (Smooth) # Brown Sugar - 4:23 (DAngelo) ;Personnel * Dwayne producer * Dave Aron engineer * Arvel programming * Alison Ball-Gabriel director, executive producer * Battlecat multi instruments, producer * Eric Bent vocals, producer * Chris Brickley engineer, assistant engineer * Priest Brooks keyboards, producer * Denise Brown executive producer * Larry Campbell producer, mixing * Tevin Campbell vocals * Cat Daddy Ro programming * Jon Catfish keyboards, vocals * D'Flow producer * Kevin "KD" Davis mixing * Michael Denten engineer * Michael Denton engineer * D'Flow Production Squad producer * DJ Battlecat producer * DJ Slip engineer * Dru Down vocals * Brian Frye mixing assistant * Fuzzy Da Lil' Nasty vocals * Brian Gardner mastering * Leigh Genniss engineer, executive producer, mixing * Stephen George engineer, mixing * Barry Hankerson executive producer * Yolanda Harris vocals, backing vocals * Lili Hayden violin * Tom Herzer engineer * Adina Howard vocals * DAngelo - vocals * L.T. Hutton keyboards, producer * George Jackson executive producer * Greg Jacobs engineer * Tim Kelley drums, keyboards, producer, engineer * R. Kelly multi instruments, producer, engineer, mixing * Vince Lars saxophone * Martin Lawrence executive producer * Bernard Lilton arranger, keyboards, producer, vocal arrangement, moog bass * Alex Lowe assistant engineer, mixing assistant * The Luniz vocals * Tim "Flash" Mariner producer, engineer * Doug McHenry executive producer * Aaron McInnes assistant engineer * Tony Mills engineer * Shirley Murdock vocals * George Nash, Jr. guitar, producer, engineer * Bill Ortiz trumpet * The Piano-Man keyboards * Demont Posey keyboards, producer, engineer * Darin Prindle engineer, mixing * Steve Prudholme director * Timothy Christian Riley piano, drums, electric piano * Bob Robinson keyboards, producer * Sauce programming, producer * Michael Schlesinger mixing * Shock-G arranger, drum programming * Dexter Simmons engineer * Lance "Drawz" Simmons vocal arrangement * D.J. Slip engineer * Gary Smith producer, drum programming * John Jubu Smith bass, guitar * Snoop Dogg keyboards, producer * Somethin' for the People producer * Sandra St. Victor arranger, vocals, producer * Booker T mixing * Tim & Bob producer * Chris Trevett mixing * Lester Troutman engineer * Roger Troutman bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, vocals, producer, talk box * Joe Warlick mixing assistant * D'Wayne Wiggins guitar * Mike Wilson assistant engineer, mixing assistant * Mario Winans drums References
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