After the horrific Vietnam War, soldier Anthony Curtis returned to his home in the Bronx after his active participation in the war. Antony begins his life after the war in a state of total stagnation and miserable life for himself and his friends. Antony began his search for work to provide a good environment for him and his family. After many of the insults to which Antoine was subjected and after a great deal of desperation, Antony was introduced to Skeep, a drug addict and Kirby, a small crook who decided to start schemes that looked catastrophic. Antony and his new friends began planning a major theft of bank robbery. Robbery may be the only way out of poverty for Anthony and his friends.
Like those overreaching sophomore term papers we can all laugh at now, this disappointing film may free the Hughes brothers to move on to fresher, more inspired work.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
September 23, 2003
Talent of Hughes brothers deserves viewer's attention even when their results don't meet such high standards.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
January 31, 2009
The intense and excessive climactic set piece caper scene is the only true highlight in a superficial film.
There are intriguing aspects to this yarn, and the brothers can choreograph a scene, but you get the impression that they learned all they know from other movies, the blood and guts is gratuitous...
Made with fluid skill and a passion for storytelling, its tale of how the Vietnam War and American society affect a black Marine remains accessible while confounding expectations.
Significant as both history and film art, this gloomy tale has no "convenient" villains and refuses to indulge in stereotypes, instead focusing on larger forces, such as racism and political apathy.
It's an overly ambitious effort that strains to work as a coming-of-age drama, a 1960s period piece and a searing comment on the way African American GIs went largely unappreciated for their war efforts.
What emerges is an uneasy blend of didacticism and juiced-up bloodletting (the brothers don't know when to stop with the exploding squibs) that bury the film's message and its good intentions.
Boxoffice Magazine
June 05, 2002
Unfortunately, the filmmakers were overzealous in trying to cover a variety of issues, leaving the story choppy and without resolution in places.
Platoon lite with a bitter ending that doesn't work in its favor...
Variety
March 26, 2009
Dead Presidents may eventually box itself into a narrative dead end, but its muscular engagement of weighty themes and explosive situations makes it a powerful drama.
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Annabelle: Creation
2017
IMDb: 7
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a
nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...
