Dead Presidents (1995)
Stylish, cool and suspenseful, this criminally-underrated action crime drama from the Hughes brothers ("Menace II Society") starred Keith David ("Gargoyles"), Bokeem Woodbine ("Spider-Man: Homecoming"), Larenz Tate ("Crash"), and Chris Tucker ("Rush Hour") before they became household names. It is focused on Curtis (Tate), who enlists in the Marines and serves in Vietnam in the late 1960s. Like many who served in the conflict, Curtis returns home umoored and adrift, and back in New York city discovers that a normal life is outside his grasp.
Struggling to hold a job and support his family, while his former friends and fellow vets find trouble of their own, Curtis recruits his old mentor Kirby and a group of friends and together they plan to stage a daring, elaborate heist of a cash-filled armored car. A nail-biting drama with heart and soul, not to mention an exhilarating heist scene, "Dead Presidents" stands as a slickly-produced, different sort of gangster film (and social commentary on how society fails both veterans and the Black community), exploring the darkest reasons why some men turn to crime.














































































