Dead Presidents

1995

1h 59m

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6.7/10

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On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!

Directors

Albert Hughes

Allen Hughes

Writers

Michael Henry Brown(screenplay by)

Albert Hughes(writer by)

Allen Hughes(writer by)

Stars

Larenz Tate

Keith David

Chris Tucker

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Anthony Curtis

Kirby

Skip

Jose

Juanita Benson

Deliah Benson

Cutty

Cowboy

Cleon

Betancourt

Marisol

D'ambrosio

Mrs. Barton

Mr. Curtis

Mrs. Curtis

Nicky

Mr. Warren

Martin

Directors

Albert Hughes

Allen Hughes

Writers

Michael Henry Brown(screenplay by)

Albert Hughes(writer by)

Allen Hughes(writer by)

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6/10

The fairly charismatic Larenz Tate tries quite hard here as "Curtis", a lad with potential who falls in with petty criminal "Kirby" (Keith David) before enlisting in the US Marines to go and fight in Vietnam. After the war, he returns to his girlfriend "Juanita" (Rose Jackson) and his four year old daughter - but acclimatising to his new situation proves too difficult leading him to reunite with his wartime colleagues to carry out a daring armoured car heist. The story is pretty formulaic and the actors are rarely challenged by the lacklustre script - that does little to develop any characterisations - and the largely unimaginative direction. There is a missed opportunity to look at the post war trauma and loneliness; the sense of abandonment felt by many soldiers returning home after the intensity of conflict - but nope, nothing really doing here on that front. The photography has it's moments and the ending is lively, but sadly this film is just all a bit too entrenched in stereotype and a well trammelled plot that is far too long and misses way more than it hits.

Geronimo196703 Apr, 2023