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Five Star
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The film is a nuanced portrait of two men struggling with gang life, and an intimate contemplation on manhood in the modern urban environment. The relationship between two men - Primo, an actual gang leader in the East New York Bloods, and John, a young man trying to decide whether gang life is the path for him.
The film is a nuanced portrait of two men struggling with gang life, and an intimate contemplation on manhood in the modern urban environment. The relationship between two men - Primo, an actual gang leader in the East New York Bloods, and John, a young man trying to decide whether gang life is the path for him.
Actors:
John Diaz,
Larry Bogad,
Jaiden Kaine,
James Primo Grant,
Wanda Nobles Colon,
C.T. Taylor,
Richard Bird,
Jasmine Burgos
John Diaz
Larry Bogad
Jaiden Kaine
James Primo Grant
Wanda Nobles Colon
C.T. Taylor
Richard Bird
Jasmine Burgos
Genre:
Drama
Director:
Keith Miller
Keith Miller
Country:
United States
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August 03, 2015
Five Star has the power to make anyone appreciate the life they have, and think about what it really takes to be a man.
July 30, 2015
It's eye-opening to see an indie approach to this genre.
July 21, 2015
Keith Miller's modest drama Five Star is the kind of depiction the city sorely needs.
July 29, 2015
Intimate, engaging and engrossing look at New York gang life and the charisma that it takes to bring in new recruits
December 08, 2016
...worth pursuing.
August 03, 2015
The writer and director, Keith Miller, establishes engaging characters but stifles their thoughts and emotions, sets up dramatic situations but avoids their practicalities and implications.
July 27, 2015
Keith Miller's Five Star makes its nonactors look like trained thesps and (in a good way) vice versa.
April 12, 2016
Because of the heavy use of tropes, the documentary style and genre subversion are not enough to make Five Star feel urgent or authentic.
July 24, 2015
The verisimilitude is a poke at the cliche-riddled work seen on television crime shows, but its lack of stylisation and mundane focus can leave you thirsting for, if not some drama, at least a tad more pizzazz.
July 23, 2015
There's just not enough meat on these bones, and what meat there is has been thoroughly chewed over.
July 24, 2015
It's consistently compelling, and develops a tension that doesn't feel forced, despite being rough around the edges.
July 23, 2015
Slow and steady, and with remarkable assuredness, Keith Miller's "Five Star" plays mean-streets drama in the lowest of keys.
