Larenz Tate

Keith David

Chris Tucker

Freddy Rodríguez

Rose Jackson

N'Bushe Wright

Clifton Powell

Terrence Howard

Bokeem Woodbine

Clifton Collins Jr.

Elizabeth Rodriguez

Michael Imperioli

Cheryl Freeman

James Pickens Jr.

Jenifer Lewis

Larry McCoy

Rodney Winfield

Sticky Fingaz

David Barry Gray

Jaimz Woolvett

Jean-Claude La Marre

Daniel Kruse

Bernard Telsey

Rik Colitti

Heather B.

Carlton Wilborn

Frank Albanese

Monti Sharp

Tony Sirico

Robert LuPone

Martin Sheen

Isaiah Washington

Chad Bonsack

Michael Carrara

Seymour Cassel

Danny Chung

Brian Donahue

Collin Fowler

Ryan Williams

Allen Hughes

Albert Hughes

Michael Henry Brown

Lisa Rinzler

Dan Lebental

Danny Elfman

Darryl Porter

Henry Kingi Jr.

Karim Aïnouz

Bryan Scott

Jeff Ward

Paul A. Simmons Jr.

Sharyn Cordice

Dale M. Nielsen

Risa Bramon Garcia

David Brisbin

Randy Ostrow

H.H. Cooper

Kenneth Hardy

Steven Kirshoff

Karin Wiesel

Wilfred Caban

Mary Vernieu

Lance Anderson

Elise Bennett

Action

Crime

Dead Presidents

Caravan Pictures

Underworld Entertainment

Hollywood Pictures

United States of America

English

Brothers In Arms.

Albert and Allen Hughes direct, produce and co-write (with Michael Henry Brown) this tale about Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate), a South Bronx boy who goes off to fight in Vietnam, to then return after his tours of duty to find things just aren't the same anymore. The follow up to their incendiary debut, Menace II Society, the Hughes brothers deliver another in your face picture that is quite frankly on a perpetual downer. This is no bad thing, though, as long as you are not looking to be cheered up.

That's Uncle Sam for you! Mean Green.

The pic very much harks back to the glory days of film noir in the 40s and 50s, where some talented film makers began to tell stories of returning war veterans finding what they left behind is now alien to them - with some characters, as is the case here - deeply scarred by their experiences. Add in some gangster elements and the coup de grâce that is the scintillating heist, and clearly the brothers have seen many an old classic film. That the narrative is tried and tested stops the piece hitting greater heights, this in spite of some super acting (especially Tate and the always value for money Keith David) and the hard hitting violence that pierces the senses. Predictable yet potent, and certainly memorable, it's well worth a look for the tough of mind and the classic era film of heart. 7/10

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The fairly charismatic Larenz Tate tries quite hard here as "Curtis", a lad with potential who falls in with petty criminal "Kirby" (Keith David) before enlisting in the US Marines to go and fight in Vietnam. After the war, he returns to his girlfriend "Juanita" (Rose Jackson) and his four year old daughter - but acclimatising to his new situation proves too difficult leading him to reunite with his wartime colleagues to carry out a daring armoured car heist. The story is pretty formulaic and the actors are rarely challenged by the lacklustre script - that does little to develop any characterisations - and the largely unimaginative direction. There is a missed opportunity to look at the post war trauma and loneliness; the sense of abandonment felt by many soldiers returning home after the intensity of conflict - but nope, nothing really doing here on that front. The photography has it's moments and the ending is lively, but sadly this film is just all a bit too entrenched in stereotype and a well trammelled plot that is far too long and misses way more than it hits.

Andre Gonzales

Bank robbery movie. The planning they do is next to none. Awesome action but also pretty sad.

Dead Presidents (1995) 35mm film trailer, flat open matte, 2160p

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