The film is written and directed by Joe Robert Cole, as he shows how dangerous and vicious cycles can be ingrained from father to son in each generation.
The film opens as Jahkor kills a father and mother in front of their daughter. He is caught and after the trial he begins to recount the events that have led to this point in his life.
Jahkor wants to be a rapper, but he’s learned to survive on the streets by committing crimes. His father JD (Jeffrey Wright) is in jail for most of the film for the same reasons.
Things change for Jahkor after learning that is girlfriend (Shakira Ja’Nai Payne) is pregnant. The film realistically explores how sometimes people want to make a change for the better, but circumstances prevent them from rising above the obstacles in their way.
The only moments that weren’t clear to me were the moments with Jahkor and JD in jail together as it took me a while to realize that the man Jahkor was interacting with in jail was his father. Otherwise though, Jeffrey Wright was great in the role as per usual.
This was my first time watching Sanders and he did a phenomenal job as well. He played Jahkor with a sense of longing for what could have been, but ultimately what can be and you truly believe he will come out of this a changed man for the good of his son.
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