Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.
Acting
Sean Nelson's devastating stillness at age 13
Direction
Boaz Yakin's unflinching Brooklyn authenticity
Writing
Chess metaphor woven into every scene
Director
Boaz Yakin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Boaz Yakin wrote the script at 24 after growing up in NYC's Washington Heights; Sean Nelson had never played chess before and trained for months.
Released the same year as Pulp Fiction, this film let Samuel L. Jackson play the exact opposite of Jules — a broken, checked-out father whose failures doom his son.
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