Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 01/18/2000
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 2/5.1
Run Time: 120 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: MGM

This drama, set in a gritty part of Houston's outskirts, pits brother against brother as the two men try to cope with their childhood family tragedy. Jason and Joshua are opposites. Jason, an ambitious young TV salesman, is the straight arrow. Joshua, an aimless coke-head and frequently jailed petty criminal, is the black sheep. Their father, Maddog was a bitter and maimed Vietnam vet with a penchant for battering his wife, Gloria. To protect herself and her sons from Maddog, she throws him out of the house. In the ensuing fight one of the brothers fatally shoots Maddog. Jason is in love with Lyric, a feisty waitress. As he courts her, his brother Josh plans a bank robbery with his gang. In the end both brothers must face their past and do so in a violent shoot-out.

~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Allen Payne - Jason
Jada Pinkett Smith - Lyric
Bokeem Woodbine - Joshua
Treach - Alonzo
Suzzanne Douglas - Gloria
Forest Whitaker - Maddog

Production:
Doug McHenry - Director
Tim Clawson Doug McHenry George Jackson - Producer
Dwight Alonzo Williams Marilla Ross Bobby Smith, Jr. - Co Producer
Afrika Matt Noble - Composer
Andrew Mondshein William Scharf - Editor
Bobby Smith, Jr. - Screen Writer
Tessa Posnansky - Set Designer
David S. Lazan - Art Director
Bill Carraro - Associate Producer
Jaki Brown-Karman - Casting
Kimberly Hardin - Casting
Francis Kenny - Cinematographer
Craig Anthony - Costume Designer
Clarence Avant - Executive Producer
Suzanne Broderick - Executive Producer
Donald Sparks - First Assistant Director
Michael J. Moore - First Assistant Director
Thomas Patrick Smith - First Assistant Director
David Barr Yaffe - Musical Direction/Supervision
Simon Dobbin - Production Designer
John C. Newby - Second Unit Director Of Photography
John Johns - Video Playback
Bob Williams - Special Effects

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