Dead Presidents (1995)

Directed by

Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes

Genre

drama film, heist film, crime film, neo-noir, hood film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 333 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man from the Bronx goes to fight in the Vietnam War. When he returns home, he struggles to find work and support his family so he turns to robbery.

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What happens

Dead Presidents is a 1995 American crime film co-written, produced and directed by the Hughes Brothers. The film chronicles the life of Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate), focusing on his teenage years as a high school graduate and his experiences during the Vietnam War as a Recon Marine. As he returns to his hometown in The Bronx, Curtis finds himself struggling to support himself and his family, eventually turning to a life of crime. Dead Presidents is based partly on the real-life experiences of Haywood T. Kirkland (aka Ari S. Merretazon), whose true story was detailed in the book Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans by Wallace Terry. Certain characters from the film are based on real acquaintances of Kirkland, who served time in prison after committing robbery in facepaint. The film is also loosely based on several incidents involving the Black Liberation Army, notably the Brink's armored truck robbery. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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