Dead Presidents (1995)
Genre: Crime / Drama
Duration: 119 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Allen Hughes and Albert Hughes
Stars: Larenz Tate, Keith David and Chris Tucker
IMDb score:
6,9 (25.125)
Releasedate: 29 September 1995
Dead Presidents plot
"In this daring heist, the only color that counts is green"
Dead Presidents follows the lives of a group of black boys from Brooklyn before, during and especially after the Vietnam War. Anthony Curtis falls into a deep hole after fighting in Vietnam. If he also loses his job, he threatens to no longer be able to care for his wife and daughter. He sees no other solution than to rob a money transport with some friends.
Actors and actresses
Anthony Curtis
Kirby
Skip
Jose
Juanita Benson
Deliah Benson
Cutty
Cowboy
Cleon
Betancourt
Reviews & comments
Spetie
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- 38830 messages
- 6872 votes
This is a movie that reminded me a lot of The Deer Hunter, but that's not too surprising given the setup I think.
The story is certainly not bad, but the actors couldn't all convince me. Tate is decent, but Tucker in particular is mediocre and can focus better on comedies, where I always think he comes into his own quite well.
The first part of the film is not very interesting yet. Only when we arrive in Vietnam does the film become a lot more interesting. A nice transition from the first part to the part in Vietnam, by the way. That Vietnam piece is quite strong and intense, there are a few strong scenes in between. In the third part we see how the ex-soldiers have difficulty integrating into society, where the economy is also not doing so well. The reason for going robbing is clear, although I thought it was very quick and easy.
All in all, it's certainly not a bad film, which could have worked better with a few better actors. Now it was nice to see, but other than that it didn't do much for me.
3.0*
Translated from Dutch · View original
Le Edzel
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- 879 messages
- 2591 votes
I found the movie quite tame. Maybe I went to see the film with slightly different and higher expectations. Where I expected a movie, more in the Menace 2 Society trend, the movie just didn't really come off for me. Despite this, there were some pretty good scenes/parts in the movie. During the whole movie I had just too often the idea "When will the movie come out?". Too bad, although this one still scores a sufficient.
Translated from Dutch · View original
knusse stoel
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- 3183 messages
- 3970 votes
The film is funny at times, exciting at times and dramatic at times. It's about a black young man, Anthony Curtis, who after a few setbacks has too little money to hand and wants to commit a robbery with some buddies. Sometimes it is always against some people and after seeing this film I have the idea that this also applies to Anthony. 
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