As soft-spoken Jahkor Abraham Lincoln (Ashton Sanders) struggles to keep his dream of rapping alive amidst a gang war in Oakland, CA, his ill-fated life and real-world responsibilities drive him further and further across the line of right and wrong with tragic consequences. The paper is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified to ensure it has been sourced from sustainable forests. Feel free to send us a message if you wish to provide us with further information or credit about their origins. Saddled with an excess of voiceover and a shuffled flashback structure that keep the characters at an emotional distance, All Day and a Night feels familiar in both its bleakness and its ultimate offering of hope.

Menace” was supposed to be a corrective of sorts to “Boyz N The Hood,” bleaching out any optimism that felt too cinematic. The acting is also a standout, the actors manage to turn quite a standard script into a pretty engaging story.They also take the time to deeply interrogate the systemic causes for their characters’ actions and their pain. Printed using giclee quality, these prints exceed even the rigorous standards of the print and entertainment industry.

If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. Sanders’ quietly mesmerizing performance refuses to let anyone cast Jahkor as either victim or villain, instead locating a tricky middle ground. What’s left is the type of derivative “hood movie” I remain tired of seeing and even more tired of reviewing.all content and information unless pertaining to companies, studios or advertisers included on this site, and to movies, TV series and cinemas listed on this site.

Jahkor (Sanders) never wanted to be like his father (Wright), and his father never wanted to see his son in prison. It’s here we realize that the film is going to randomly hop back and forth in time, damaging much of Jah’s story because it denies him any kind of emotional build up or dramatic arc. Instead, it substitutes a Cliffs Notes-style narration that sounds as bored as Harrison Ford’s in “ Blade Runner. At over two hours, “All Day and A Night” has plenty of time to do more than the surface-level once over it gives these elements. I grew up in the type of environment JD and Jah inhabit, and though there was hard times, violence and death, there was also joy, pleasure and even happiness.But despite this, it doesn’t change the fact that you’ve probably seen All Day and a Night before in another film, and that one was probably better. Elder Jah tells us in narration that mothers and grandmothers hold most families together in his neighborhood. Now, compare this scene to the one in Spike Lee’s “ Clockers” where the same actress puts Jah’s notion into action by fiercely protecting her ward at any cost. Back to top All images, movie posters and stills are copyrighted by their respective copyright holders, producers and/or distributors. She has little to do here except mildly chastise JD, almost invalidating Jah’s statement with her easy surrender.

Filmaffinity - Movieaffinity | Filmaffinity is a movie recommendation site based on the concept of Movie Soulmates. It appears that JD has little wisdom for Jah and neither Cole’s script nor his direction stick the landing vis-à-vis any kind of cautionary tale for Jah’s own son. This is a high quality giclee art print available on high quality poster paper or museum quality canvas. com are intended for non-commercial entertainment and education use only - reviews, fan art, blogs, forums, etc.I'm a Huge Ashton Sanders fan so I really wanted to like this movie but the writing just didn't do it for me. When Jah is robbed and beaten up, JD beats him mercilessly before sending him back out to avenge the robbery. Much of “All Day and A Night” finds Jah running with dangerous company, a crew who works for neighborhood bigwig Big Stunna ( Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). This is not to say that such movies should not exist, but do we have to get the same damn movie over and over?