Allen and Albert Hughes, who burst on the scene with Menace II Society, avoid the sophomore slump with this ambitious Vietnam War-era drama. Larenz Tate stars as a vet who returns after his four-year stint a changed man to a changed neighborhood. Struggling to make ends meet, he engineers an armored car robbery. A jolting portrait of the 1970's that is a far cry from Spike Lee's nostalgic Crooklyn. Recommended. (K. Benson)
Dead Presidents
(Hollywood, 119 min., R, avail. May 7) Vol. 11, Issue 3
Dead Presidents
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