Considering similar territory covered in much better, stirring dramas such as Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station, John Singleton’s seminal Boyz n the Hood and Joe Talbot’s transcend…
All Day and a Night.
Part of the problem is Cole writes himself into corner almost immediately in the non-linear script, which has us meeting Jahkor in the process of breaking into a house, lying in wait and then committing a double homicide in front of a young couple’s daughter.
But the real problem, and main theme running throughout, is provided by his father J.D. , who is a killer himself, as witnessed by the young Jahkor watching Dad commit a ruthless murder, and himself having been punished and admonished by the man for not being tougher in his own life. We soon see Cole’s main point is that the sins of the father carry over to the son, an endless cycle of violence that seems to be in the family genes.
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