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Guilty By Association

2003, Movie, R, 80 mins

Guilty By Association: Review

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Less a drama than an anti-gang public-service announcement, co-director/screenwriters Po Johns and Howard Gibson's polemic decries inner city violence with the vehemence of a street preacher. A Washington D.C. hoodlum named D-Mo (Daemon Moore) entices his former friend, Drama (Jeff Edward), back into a life of crime that could net repeat-offender Drama a 20-year strect in jail. Drama's probation officer has pulled some strings and Drama has the chance to go straight; he initially resists D-Mo's claim that there's easy money to be made in the drug trade. D-Mo misrepresents himself as a big-time dealer named Kenny (Bryce), and moves up the criminal food chain, bringing along his friends Drama, Dumb Donald (Po Johns) and Tee-Tee (Slime). Unfortunately, Dumb Donald has a twin brother named Po (also Po Johns), who's a federal agent itching to nail Kenny and D-Mo. Reveling in his new-found prominence, D-Mo hooks up with Nikki (Jaimie Patton) and even starts acting as a substitute father to Nikki's daughter. At the same time, Drama calls unwanted attention to D-Mo's operation by fooling around with hookers and flashing his cash. In an effort to cover his own ass, D-Mo asks Drama to hold a sachel of drugs overnight. But when the police arrest Drama, he decides not to go down alone. Police Lieutenant Redding (Morgan Freeman) closes down D-Mo's dope business, D-Mo blames his cohorts goes gunning for Drama. Unfortunately, D-Mo shoots someone else during his pursuit of vengeance and the cycle of violence continues unabated; the easy money wasn’t worth it. Freeman must have been drawn to this project's sincerity, but even his magisterial presence can't lend depth to such a clumsily constructed cautionary tale. leave a comment --Robert Pardi
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