First Time Felon
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Actor: Anthony 'Treach' Criss, Badja Djola, Byron Altman, Omar Epps, Sandra 'Pepa' DentonBrand: HBO HOME VIDEO
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Unknown
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-07-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Movie Reviews of First Time Felon
Movie Review: Excellent Movie... You wont be sorry that you spent time watching it.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a type of movie someone usually looks at on the shelf and then passes it up for something else because they've never heard of it and it isnt one of those highly advertised block busters. If you fall in that category and cant make up your mind about spending a little money and time on this movie... stop thinking and go for it! You wont be sorry. This is a VERY good movie especially if you like heart warming and inspirational themes.
Basically, this movie is about a young adult(Age between 17 and 21) that gets into trouble for selling drugs. He is given the choice of going to jail for five years or going to a military style boot camp for I think three months.... Of course he chooses the bootcamp. The movie shows a great example of how behavioral bootcamps are ran. The bootcamp part of the movie takes up only half of the play time though. The other half shows the struggles of how hard it is to go back to the same problematic environment and use what was learned and how easily it is to fall back into old behaviors due to poverty and lack of opportunity due to being a felon. For example, it shows how hard it is to get a "second chance" in the job market being a ex-convict.
I agree with the past posters that this movie would be great to show in an educational setting especially college.... maybe even a high school psychology/sociology class. With that said dont take that as this movie being like a documentary... its not. With out a doubt this can be watched for just pure entertainment.
So give this a try if you can't make up your mind. Again you wont be sorry.
Summary of First Time Felon
FACED WITH FIVE YEARS IN PRISON OR FOUR MONTHS IN BOOT CAMP,GREG YANCE, A YOUNG GANGSTER FROM CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE, TAKESWHAT HE THINKS WILL BE THE EASY ROAD. THE BRUTAL MARINE-STYLE DISCIPLINE WILL TEACH HIM LESSONS THAT WILL CHANGE HIS LIFE, BUTCAN HE RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF THE EASY MONEY WHEN HE GETS OUT.Similar DVD Movies
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