The film centers on a bank heist, though the preparation for it feels surprisingly minimal. While the action sequences are quite impressive, there's also a palpable sense of melancholy throughout.

Larenz Tate gives a reasonably engaging performance as Curtis, a young man with promise who gets involved with small-time criminal Kirby (Keith David) before joining the US Marines for service in Vietnam. Following his deployment, he comes back to Juanita, his girlfriend, and their four year old daughter, but adjusting to civilian life proves too much, pushing him to reconnect with former military companions for a ri…

Albert and Allen Hughes are responsible for directing, producing, and co-writing (with Michael Henry Brown) this story concerning Anthony Curtis (played by Larenz Tate), a young man from the South Bronx who is sent to fight in Vietnam and then comes back to discover that everything has changed. Serving as a successor to their earlier, intense film, Menace II Society, the Hughes brothers have created another uncomprom…