Bluehill Avenue
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Movie Reviews of Bluehill Avenue
Movie Review: Bluehill Avenue
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is for today's youth. It show's you how you can be a good kid and get caught up in the game when you start going down the wrong avenue. I loved it and allowed my 11 year old son to watch it.Movie Review: Great Movie
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie was well directed as well as scripted. It perfectly fused together "top-notch" actors with the depth and creativeness that only low bud get films can grab. A must-see for any "Bostonian" and a decent film period.Movie Review: not great, but still glad I saw it
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie bites off of so many other movies. There is very little that viewers of New Jack films/peliculas de Nuevo Joaquin haven't seen before. With the exceptions below:1. Allen Payne is finally in a leading role. With the exception of "Jason's Lyric," he's almost always a bit player. As fine as he is, it's great seeing him front and center. But you can tell he's aging.
2. That adorable young actor from "Soul Food" is in this. He's a teenager now and I wish his career well.
3. That scary older actor from "Tales from the Crypt" and "Sugar Hill" is in this, so you know this movie is a dark one. But he scares me so much that I applaud his skills. Move over, Christopher Walkens!
4. This took place in Boston. With the exception of New Edition, the black community in that city is hardly brought up in the media. It's great to see this film as an exception. And I don't think this was filmed in Toronto: it actually looked like what I remember from the East Coast.
5. The main crew in this film are four African-American men of various sizes and complexions. They are well-dressed, well-shaved, and display a range of emotions as characters. I found this very visually pleasing. I think folks should see the film just for that.
Otherwise, this was just another flick about the rise and fall of druglords of color. The child actors look nothing like the adult actors they are supposed to represent. This film is second-rate, but that doesn't stop me from being glad I saw it.
Movie Review: Decent material
Summary: 3 Stars
I watched the movie a few times. I'm into that black cinema. The movie was ok, could have been better. It had some fake looking scenes especially with the shooting scenes. Some of the acting was kind of lame. Allen Payne was the star of the movie. And he was also in New Jack City. Watching him act in this movie just convinced me that he probably felt he should have been the Nino Brown of New Jack, but yet, placed in a low budget type of movie. So honestly, it's not really a wonder why this movie went straight to video and never hit the big screen. It's worth the watch because again it's pretty good. I would recommend this movie for all those gangster type of movie goers