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Dead Presidents

Dead Presidents

1995
119 min
Action Crime Drama Thriller War

Plot Summary

On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!

6.7
IMDb Rating
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Ratings & Reviews

6.7
IMDb Rating

Technical Details

119 min
Runtime
1995-09-29
Release Date
Movie
Content Type
1995
Year
Genres
Action Crime Drama Thriller War

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User Reviews

John Chard

John Chard

7.0/10
Recent

Brothers In Arms. Albert and Allen Hughes direct, produce and co-write (with Michael Henry Brown) this tale about Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate), a South Bronx boy who goes off to fight in Vietnam, to then return after his tours of duty to find things just aren't the same anymore. The follow up to their incendiary debut, Menace II Society, the Hughes brothers deliver another in your face picture that is quite frankly on a perpetual downer. This is no bad thing, though, as long as you are not lo...

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Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

8.0/10
Recent

Bank robbery movie. The planning they do is next to none. Awesome action but also pretty sad.

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6.0/10
Recent

The fairly charismatic Larenz Tate tries quite hard here as "Curtis", a lad with potential who falls in with petty criminal "Kirby" (Keith David) before enlisting in the US Marines to go and fight in Vietnam. After the war, he returns to his girlfriend "Juanita" (Rose Jackson) and his four year old daughter - but acclimatising to his new situation proves too difficult leading him to reunite with his wartime colleagues to carry out a daring armoured car heist. The story is pretty formulaic and th...

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