Back in the Day (2005)

In BACK IN THE DAY, Reggie Cooper, a young man from the rough side of the tracks who lives with his divorced, affluent father in order to avoid the gang activity that almost claimed his ... See full summary »

Director:

James Hunter

Writers:

James Hunter, Michael Raffanello

Stars:

Joe Morton, Ja Rule, Norman Grant

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Morton	...	Reverend Packer
Ja Rule	...	Reggie
Norman Grant	...	Doctor
Ving Rhames	...	J-Bone
Tia Carrere	...	Loot
Lahmard J. Tate	...	Jamal (as Lahmard Tate)
Peter Somech	...	Philip The Vendor
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Benson Cooper
Badja Djola	...	Grant Brown
Pam Grier	...	Mrs. Cooper
Davetta Sherwood	...	Tosha Cooper
Stephen Kough	...	Vincent Cooper
Erika Michels	...	Maria Patillo - Reporter (as Erika Michels Brown)
Frank Langella	...	Lieutenant Hudson
Jamie Harper	...	Jamal's Girl (as Jamie Harper)

Storyline

In BACK IN THE DAY, Reggie Cooper, a young man from the rough side of the tracks who lives with his divorced, affluent father in order to avoid the gang activity that almost claimed his teenage life in his mother's neighborhood. When Reggie reconnects with a recently paroled friend from his past, he slips back into a life of crime with fatal consequences. Reggie becomes involved in the murder of a local preacher and in the aftermath of this crime, he falls in love with the preacher's daughter. Ultimately, he must choose between losing everything he cares about and his lifelong loyalty to his oldest friend. BACK IN THE DAY chronicles the powerful story of one man's search for personal redemption.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | gang | criminal | evil man

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Taglines:

There Comes A Time To Choose

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and some sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 November 2005 (Iceland)

Also Known As:

A Dura Realidade

Filming Locations:

Puerto Rico

Box Office

Budget:

$5,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

First Look Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (FotoKem)

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

J-Bone: Father, because I'm not going to heaven, tell that nigger Jesus I said, "What's Up?"

User Reviews

Not good - overrated - and that's just my vote

Why did I buy this movie on DVD?, Well the short answer would be: I really don't know. As for the longer version, it pretty much comes down to the fact that I genuinely like Tatyana Ali and she plays Alicia in this.

Now does Tatyana Ali give a genuinely good effort in this movie? I must say that it is one of the better, and she is shaping up to be a rather decent actress. I am very much looking forward to see her in action, when better material will be available.

This being said, this movie was terrible - and my score is given based on this: 1 star for not being the worst movie I've seen, 1 star for the performance of Tatyana Ali, and 1 star for not thinking that it only deserves 2 stars, there are worse movies for that.

Ja Rule should stick to rapping, not my favourite rapper to say the least, but some seem to like him - and if he is contained there, I would be delighted not to see him contaminate the acting scene.

Ving Rhames: Ah man, Marcellus Wallace what are you doing here - you used to be cool man. Just because Michael Caine is a fiercely brilliant actor, who has been in so many terrible flicks as well as good, you don't have to copy him Ving.

The rest of the semi big names in the cast: It's OK, there are bills to be paid, and we all have to do things we're not proud of time to time.

The movie itself. It so massively flawed, it's pretty difficult to know where to start. It's more like a bunch of scenes thrown in together, as were the director to say "we need to tell this, and we need to tell that". There is a story, unfortunately there is nothing surprising about or within it. To say the least, the plot changes in the story were overly obvious and it was therefore predictable what was going to happen all the time.

To sum up in one word: Reallynotgood