Craig Bolotin Director, Writer Usher Lester Dewitt Actor Forest Whitaker Officer Dante Jackson Actor Rosario Dawson Stephanie Williams Actor Robert Ri'chard Zacharias 'Ziggy' Malone Actor Judd Nelson Ken Knowles Actor Fredro Starr Rodney J. Templeton Actor Sara Gilbert Lynn Sabatini Actor Clifton Collins Jr. Robert 'Rivers' Tremont Actor Glynn Turman Principal Armstrong Actor Vic Polizos Captain Monroe Actor Vanessa Williams Audrey McDonald Actor Bridget D. Davis Co-Producer Helena Echegoyen Co-Producer Kenneth Babyface Edmonds Executive Producer Tracey Edmonds Executive Producer David A. Starke Co-Executive Producer Harry Gregson-Williams Original Music Elliot Davis Cinematographer Wendy Greene Bricmont Film Editing Robi Reed Casting Lawrence G. Paull Production Design Karen Fletcher Trujillo Art Director Tricia Schneider Set Decoration Salvador Pérez Jr. Costume Design Karyn McCarthy Unit Production Manager Rick R. Johnson First Assistant Director Matthew Tufano Set Dresser Richard Whitfield Music Editor Jon C. Scheide Second Assistant Director