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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum is a film critic for EW
Director Doug McHenry takes an ancient theme -- redemptive love blooming amid a wreckage of brotherly rivalry and neighborly warfare -- and sets his old-fashioned movie in violent, drug-addled, contempo-inner-city Houston. Allen Payne plays Jason, a good son; Bokeem Woodbine puts in a powerful performance as Joshua, his bad brother; and Jada Pinkett plays Jason's sweetheart, Lyric, who dreams of a better life. The themes are big; the characters, however, are underdeveloped and appear poised to break into songs from ''West Side Story'' at a moment's notice.
Posted Oct 14, 1994
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