Fresh (film)

Infobox_Film
name=Fresh


caption = The movie poster for "Fresh".
imdb_id=0109842
writer=Boaz Yakin
starring=Sean Nelson
Giancarlo Esposito
Samuel L. Jackson
director=Boaz Yakin
music=Stewart Copeland | distributor=Miramax Films
released=August 24 1994
runtime=114 min.
language=English
movie_series=
awards=
producer=Lawrence Bender
Randy Ostrow
budget= |

"Fresh" is a 1994 crime film written and directed by Boaz Yakin in his film debut, and produced by Lawrence Bender (seen in a cameo appearance), who at the time was riding the wave of success of "Reservoir Dogs". It was scored by ex-member of The Police Stewart Copeland.

Marketed at the time as a hip hop 'hood film, "Fresh" went relatively unnoticed by the public, but won critical acclaim for being an intense and poetic drama working on different levels. It is both an emotional coming of age story and a realistic portrayal of the dangerous life in the projects - while at the same time the whole film can be seen as a metaphorical chess game.

Plot

Set in the violent and gang-ridden projects of New York City, "Fresh" tells the story of Michael, nicknamed Fresh (portrayed by Sean Nelson), a 12-year old kid running drugs for the local drug lords, notably Esteban (Giancarlo Esposito). Inspired by the chess lessons of his father, an alcoholic speed-chess master (Samuel L. Jackson), Fresh devises and executes a brilliant plan to extricate himself and his drug addicted sister (N'Bushe Wright) from their hopeless lives (during the film, where Fresh was threatened to be sent to a group home after his best friend is murdered, is where he began to execute his plan).

External links

* [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19940831/REVIEWS/408310301/1023 "Fresh"] review by Roger Ebert
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