A sad irony underscores this grim tale of a promising future derailed by imprisonment: One of its young stars, D'Aundre Bonds, is currently serving an 11-year sentence for manslaughter. The tragedy of one man's death is compounded by the sudden end of another's bright career; Bonds's performance is the best thing about this modest yet intermittently powerful film. Friends since childhood, Avery Montgomery (Richard T. Jones) and Cashmere (Gabriel Casseus) have chosen very different paths as adults. Avery, who has a young son by his girlfriend, Krista (Melissa DeSousa), hopes to win a swimming scholarship to a major university; Cashmere plans on making it by selling cr...
Released:
2003
Rated:
R
Length:
105 mins