skellarjones

What have you done, John Singleton? You went from "Boyz N the Hood" (one of the best movies EVER made by a freshman director) and "Higher Learning" (flawed, but still a good film at the end of the day) to a movie that was unnecessary, excessive, and profoundly stupid. You quarreled with your star (Samuel L. Jackson) and botched the character development of 2 of the best actors in films, in Jeffrey Wright and Christian Bale. Unoriginal to the Nth degree, this is a terrible remake, and is a time waster. If you want the real deal, stick to the Richard Roundtree original. Vanessa L. Williams, Dan Hedaya, Toni Collette, Mekhi Phifer, Busta Rhymes, and Lee Tergesen all show up for this dud, and my one hope is that they were paid well for appearing in this steaming pile of !@%%^^$#@!