They're Just My Friends

If Attika J. Torrence's mishmash of genre cliches is really based on cowriter and star Patrick Nwamu Jr.'s personal story, then Nwamu has led quite a life. This ludicrously overstuffed and overlong drama throws together bits and pieces from boxing pictures, biker flicks, mob thrillers and interracial romances, stitching them together, like Frankenstein's monster, with a weird Freemasonry wrap that should confirm every conspiracy nut's theory about the secret society. Nwamu, an African-American cruiserweight who turned pro in 2000, stars as Pat, an aspiring pugilist and full-time victim of circumstance who doesn't have enough sense to stay away from the kind of bad gu...