When RJ (Matt Singletary) returns home to Chicago after an 8 year tour in the army, he quickly finds that the streets he once knew are now eerily similar to the war torn villages and deserts of the Middle East. His Uncle Richard (Harlem Globe Trotter Curley Boo Johnson), who has taken care of him since he was a little boy, explains the rules of the urban battleground - Don't go out at night, gangs, drugs and money rule these streets, and Trust no one.Is there any way to stop the cycle of violence? To push the gangs out? To save our children?This modern day retelling of the Robin Hood Legend amps up the action and heroism. All while taking a look at what's really wrong in the neighborhoods of Chicago.RJ is an arrow slinging savior of the city. Along with Father Benjamin Tuck (Malik Yoba), Marian (Mahogany Monae), his childhood love who now runs the community center, and his comrades in arms from the army, RJ and his crew are out to stop the drug trade and gangland war that's spread across Chicago. Stealing from the rich and corrupt, giving back to the poor and the police, it's a fight for peace on our streets. But someone is behind the scenes handing out the weapons, flooding the neighborhoods with drugs and fueling the warring gangs. Can RJ stop them before the city explodes?
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Matt Singletary | RJ |
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Malik Yoba | Rev. Benjamin Tuck |
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Curley 'Boo' Johnson | Uncle Richard |
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Brit Scales | Marian |
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Darren Jones | Alderman John Lackland |
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Richard Esteras | Juanito |
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Thea Camara | Ms. Fitzwalter |
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Salvatore Covello | Inca |
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Harold Dennis | Officer #1 |
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Reyna Esteras | Juanito's Mom |
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Dennis Hindman | Gang member |
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JoJo Romero | Gangster #1 |
| Director | Michael Lansu |
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| Writer | Michael Lansu | |
| Producer | Brian Edward Binder, Michael Lansu, Rebecca Shea | |
| Photography | Patrick Charles | |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
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| Regions | Region 1 |
| Owner | Review? |
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| Location | Deleted |
| Purchased | On Aug 27, 2015 |
| Watched | Aug 27, 2015 (at our home) |
| Index | 3831 |
| Added Date | Jul 06, 2017 01:42:40 |
| Modified Date | Sep 24, 2018 19:49:37 |
My quick rating - 3,9/10. Great, so I get to see it a year before it is out. Guess what, that is one year to decide to throw this on the cutting room floor and wash your hands of it. The action scenes are some of the worst I have ever seen (hand to hand fighting) and the acting is so atrocious it is hard to even care that there is a very positive message in this movie. That is the only reason it is making it close to 4, the mesage. Also a huge negative is having the best city in the world, Chicago, as the backdrop and totally under-utilizing it. Oh, just noticed there is no plot, here you go, soldier returns from his tour overseas, neighborhood is riddled with drugs and violence, he decides to clean up the streets. It is as I am calling it "Robin Hood in the 'Hood" maybe they will use that for a tagline since there is hardly any information out there about it.