The movie tried but missed the mark.

If the sets are anything to go by, this film looks and feels low budget. The acting (or lack there of) was strained, almost overacting. The movie needed a lot of things to improve it, but what it needed most was a capable director.

VERDICT: Not recommended viewing.

The trailer looked good and gave me high expectations. Man, was I misled. There is no excuse experienced writer and director R. L. Scott giving us this amateur hour 5th grade drama class level "Black Panther wannabe in the Hood" mess. The concept of the story was actually interesting, but every aspect of the execution was a fail. I was begging for the 105 min runtime to end, as it felt endless. Absolutely horrible directing and acting - with the exception of cutie Aeriel Miranda, who was the only convincing actor, and easy on the eyes as well. The fight choreography was 1980's, and whoever played the other hooded blue eyed tuff guy was cringeworthy, especially his attempt at pre-fight katas. The sound was bad and the score dreadful. This did have hope to be good, but Scott ruined any chance of that. Time for Film Class 101. It's a generous 3/10 from me.