This is a powerful movie. Its about Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate) and his journey from wide eyed teenager/Marine recruit to a broken down, battered, broke and struggling black man during the 60s-70s. He's been abandoned by the country that he loves but doesn't really love him. He has to resort to a scatterbrained bank robbery with his friends just to make it.
POSTIVES Larenz Tate and the whole cast is amazing. It is star studded with black movie royalty. Keith David, N'Bushe Wright, Chris Tucker, Terrance Howard mane, Bookeem Woodbine and many many more. Larenz Tate carries the movie though. He is a very underrated actor. He can turn the switch on from happy to angry in a split second. The subject matter is also excellent with the backdrop of the Vietnam War and how black and brown soldiers were treated once they returned home. It often gets overlooked in Hollywood movies.
NEGATIVES The first half is amazing, the climax/ending is kind of rushed. Also the Vietnam section goes on a little too long. I appreciate the ambition though. It just feels like a completely different movie. They go from planning a bank robbery to just doing it. Nobody questions it, and it just happens. N'Bushe Wright's character should have been in the movie more. The Vietnam scene while effective, is a little bit too overly violent, not saying that War isn't hell, but it gets to the point of being overly grewsome.
Overall, I still like the movie. Its is entertaining from beginning to the end. It has problems but boy is it ambitious.
POSTIVES Larenz Tate and the whole cast is amazing. It is star studded with black movie royalty. Keith David, N'Bushe Wright, Chris Tucker, Terrance Howard mane, Bookeem Woodbine and many many more. Larenz Tate carries the movie though. He is a very underrated actor. He can turn the switch on from happy to angry in a split second. The subject matter is also excellent with the backdrop of the Vietnam War and how black and brown soldiers were treated once they returned home. It often gets overlooked in Hollywood movies.
NEGATIVES The first half is amazing, the climax/ending is kind of rushed. Also the Vietnam section goes on a little too long. I appreciate the ambition though. It just feels like a completely different movie. They go from planning a bank robbery to just doing it. Nobody questions it, and it just happens. N'Bushe Wright's character should have been in the movie more. The Vietnam scene while effective, is a little bit too overly violent, not saying that War isn't hell, but it gets to the point of being overly grewsome.
Overall, I still like the movie. Its is entertaining from beginning to the end. It has problems but boy is it ambitious.