2007-03-22 02:17:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
set in a gritty part of Houston's outskirts, pits brother against brother as the two men try to cope with their childhood family tragedy. Jason and Joshua are opposites. Jason, an ambitious young TV salesman, is the straight arrow. Joshua, an aimless coke-head and frequently jailed petty criminal, is the black sheep. Their father, Maddog was a bitter and maimed Vietnam vet with a penchant for battering his wife, Gloria. To protect herself and her sons from Maddog, she throws him out of the house. In the ensuing fight one of the brothers fatally shoots Maddog. Jason is in love with Lyric, a feisty waitress. As he courts her, his brother Josh plans a bank robbery with his gang. In the end both brothers must face their past and do so in a violent shoot-out
2007-03-22 02:28:06 · answer #1 · answered by QUITTA Q 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah i did. it was an ok movie, and the soundtrack was superb.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Jason's Lyric is the "good brother"/"bad brother" story, set in the notorious Fifth Ward. Jason is the responsible young man who has a job in a television repair shop and lives at home with his hard-working mom. Joshua is the brother just released from prison and obviously bound for a violent end. Joshua deals drugs for short-term cash and joins a gang plotting a bank robbery.
When Lyric walks into the shop to buy a television, Jason has met his perfect match. She has dreams of escape, and inspires Jason to do supposedly romantic things like borrow a city bus to take her on a date. The height comes when Jason and Lyric take a romantic ride in a rowboat, then make love in the woods.
Throughout the film, Jason has nightmares about a tragedy in his childhood. Either Jason or Joshua killed Maddog while he was drunkenly attacking their mother. Which brother pulled the trigger isn't revealed until the end.
2007-03-22 09:28:48 · answer #2 · answered by jooria 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, with Jada Pinkett (before she added Smith to her name). It's a love story about people trying to mature and overcome situations in their life. The soundtrack was good.
2007-03-22 09:27:40 · answer #3 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋