Back in the Day (2004)
Directed by James Hunter
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama, Urban Drama |
Release Date - May 24, 2005 (USA - Unknown), May 24, 2005 (USA) |
Run Time - 103 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
A young man is torn by divided loyalty in this hard-edged urban drama. Reggie (Ja Rule) was raised by his father (Giancarlo Esposito) after a violent incident in the neighborhood where he lived with his mother (Pam Grier). While Reggie has been encouraged to take up a life of crime by his older friend and street mentor J-Bone (Ving Rhames), his father thinks Reggie has a good head for business and urges him to use his smarts rather than his gun. When Reggie's father is murdered, J-Bone takes the young man under his wing, but as a consequence of their friendship, Reggie is linked to the killing of a local preacher -- whose daughter (Tatyana Ali) is Reggie's girlfriend.
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criminal, father, murder