This is a movie in which a very poor script is allegedly rescued by all-star casting, good spot acting and adequate directing. There is not a shred of credibility in the plot, nor any artistry in the execution to rescue that fact, and you will be reeling from one "that would never happen" moment to another. The boys do not talk like boys talk, the hoods do not talk like hoods talk, and the decent adults may talk OK but do not behave like decent adult people behave. The movie is entirely contrived to make the preconceived scenario work out. On top of that, there is a gratuitous love interest, which doesn't even amount to that, introduced simply to keep the cast from being all-male. A melodramatic monster of a movie.
