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18 September 1992 (USA)
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A child's chance to escape anger and injustice begins with one man...His father.
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A man is put to prison for 10 years. Coming out of prison he wants to live a normal life and stop with...
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The film is "serious" and well intentioned, telling a heart-breaking story with a valid message.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Glenn Plummer | ... | Bobby |
 | Byron Minns | ... | Ray Ray |
| Lexie Bigham | ... | Bear (as Lexie D. Bigham) |
 | Vincent Craig Dupree | ... | Loco |
| LaRita Shelby | ... | Carole |
| Kevin Best | ... | Genie Lamp |
| Big Daddy Wayne | ... | Henchman (as 'Big Daddy' Wayne) |
| Allan Hatcher | ... | Baby Jimmie |
| Alvin Hatcher | ... | Baby Jimmie |
| Baldwin C. Sykes | ... | Ken Dog |
| Rana Mack | ... | Girl in Club |
| Diane Manzo | ... | Undercover Cop |
 | Sal Landi | ... | Detective |
| Christian Coleman | ... | Jimmie |
| Leonard Boyles | ... | Termite |
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99 min
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Referenced in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG)
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Drink the Water
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Though the film is "serious" and well intentioned, telling a heart-breaking story with a valid message, its impact is considerably weakened by a naïve story-line and a undistinguished screen-play. I hunted around to see if this was "based on a true story", like "The Birdman of Alcatraz", but I found no evidence; that might have excused some of the awkwardness. There are some movingly warm scenes, though I was never groping for a kleenex. It reminded me of one of those Worthy Westerns I watched as a kid, where the bad guy meets a good guy/woman who changes his life: it had too many predictable and not totally credible steps. When, at the end, the hoodlum about to shoot him says, "Prison sure turned you stoopid!", I was inclined to agree. He talked his way out of the jam, but only because the narrative demanded it: his speech would never have convinced me, any more than Eli's words in the prison cell would have made me turn over a new leaf. These key "speeches" lacked any eloquence, and I frequently found myself predicting the dialogue. Nevertheless its best moments, especially the confrontations, are really gripping - until the end, that is, when it's too easy to foresee that no harm will come to anyone and Good will prevail. It's unfashionable and courageous to give such a story a happy ending (cf. "La Haine", where the vicious circle of hate is NOT broken and a bleak future is foreseen), and perhaps its optimism speaks more deeply to audiences in the States.