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I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

What I really liked about this film? The performance of Allan Payne. I don't know how I've never noticed this guy before. I was impressed with him here. He was able to walk that fine line between the good guy...but still having some "street cred". And, that it was stunning, but Jada Pinkett Smith was good here.On the other hand, this is just another thug-type character role for Bokeem Woodbine. He's never impressed me; he didn't impress me here. The most I can say is that he fulfilled what was needed for the character. Eddie Griffin...this wasn't a role for him...it was a caricature.The story itself...well, I can buy into one aspect of it -- some families have a black sheep that they ought to just set free and disown...and that's really what this is about. On the other hand, some families have a true "good guy"...that often gets pulled down by the black sheep. In a nutshell...that's the plot.

This is definitely one of her best movies on the year I was born and it's mad that it'll be nearly 23 years old, I feel old when saying this lol! Anyways this movie does show African American culture but in a sad way that the two main characters were falling in hard times when their father came out from the Vietnam war. It was even more sadder that it screwed up one of the boys and made them into a serious psychopath! Thank Christ Jason and Lyric survived, especially by being shot by Joshua on the heart! It's just so unfortunate that Jason didn't have a good family background with his father and brother. However at least he got his Lyric, so it says on the title!

This film pretty much came out at a time when more and more films featuring blacks in positive images were coming out. This film came out around the same time as another film that Jada Pinkett was in, The Inkwell. However, this film tries to be three films at once. First its a story about the tragic events in the brother's past. The second story is almost an urban version of "Romeo and Juliet". The third plot revolves around how Jason's brother constantly gets into trouble leading to his tragic end. The love story would have been enough for me because it shows that African Americans can have very loving relationships and can be romantic. Unfortunately, in the end it turns into a typical bloody shootout, but it does have a twist ending and that helped to save it.

The Movie Is Good and Worth The Money To Rent.The N.C-17 Version Has The T.V. Shop Sex Scene Where Allen Payne and Lyric Are Bumping Against And On The Counter. The Movie Express Good Moraling And A Little Suspense Of Who Shot The Step-Dad On The Abuse Scene.... Advise This To Teens And Early Aged Adults... *Spoiler: The Forest Sex Scene Show's More Than You Need To See Such As: Lyric Breasts and Ass and Allen Payne Butt, Which I Really Didn't Dig. Go Rent It Today..