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Dead Presidents

- In this daring heist, the only color that counts is green

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!

Release Date : 1995-09-29

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Caravan PicturesUnderworld PicturesHollywood Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Anthony Curtis

Original Name : Larenz Tate

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kirby

Original Name : Keith David

Gender : Male

Character Name : Skip

Original Name : Chris Tucker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jose

Original Name : Freddy Rodríguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juanita Benson

Original Name : Rose Jackson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Deliah Benson

Original Name : N'Bushe Wright

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cutty

Original Name : Clifton Powell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cowboy

Original Name : Terrence Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cleon

Original Name : Bokeem Woodbine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Betancourt

Original Name : Clifton Collins Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marisol

Original Name : Elizabeth Rodriguez

Gender : Female

Character Name : D'ambrosio

Original Name : Michael Imperioli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Barton

Original Name : Cheryl Freeman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Curtis

Original Name : James Pickens Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Curtis

Original Name : Jenifer Lewis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nicky

Original Name : Larry McCoy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Warren

Original Name : Rodney Winfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : Martin

Original Name : Sticky Fingaz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Devaughn

Original Name : David Barry Gray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt Dugan

Original Name : Jaimz Woolvett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ramsuer

Original Name : Jean-Claude La Marre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cpl. Rob

Original Name : Daniel Kruse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Protester #1

Original Name : Bernard Telsey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cabbie

Original Name : Rik Colitti

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peaches

Original Name : Heather B.

Gender : Female

Character Name : Spyder

Original Name : Carlton Wilborn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Gianetti

Original Name : Frank Albanese

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Brown

Original Name : Monti Sharp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer Spinelli

Original Name : Tony Sirico

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attorney Salvatore Rizzo

Original Name : Robert LuPone

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Judge

Original Name : Martin Sheen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Andrew Curtis

Original Name : Isaiah Washington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marine

Original Name : Chad Bonsack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man on Street

Original Name : Michael Carrara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Saul

Original Name : Seymour Cassel

Gender : Male

Character Name : NVA Hero

Original Name : Danny Chung

Gender : Male

Character Name : Federal Reserve Guard

Original Name : Brian Donahue

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marine

Original Name : Collin Fowler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Revolutionary

Original Name : Ryan Williams

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

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 looking to be cheered up. That's Uncle Sam for you! Mean Green. The pic very much harks back to the glory days of film noir in the 40s and 50s, where some talented film makers began to tell stories of returning war veterans finding what they left behind is now alien to them - with some characters, as is the case here - deeply scarred by their experiences. Add in some gangster elements and the coup de grâce that is the scintillating heist, and clearly the brothers have seen many an old classic film. That the narrative is tried and tested stops the piece hitting greater heights, this in spite of some super acting (especially Tate and the always value for money Keith David) and the hard hitting violence that pierces the senses. Predictable yet potent, and certainly memorable, it's well worth a look for the tough of mind and the classic era film of heart. 7/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-04-03

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 the actors are rarely challenged by the lacklustre script - that does little to develop any characterisations - and the largely unimaginative direction. There is a missed opportunity to look at the post war trauma and loneliness; the sense of abandonment felt by many soldiers returning home after the intensity of conflict - but nope, nothing really doing here on that front. The photography has it's moments and the ending is lively, but sadly this film is just all a bit too entrenched in stereotype and a well trammelled plot that is far too long and misses way more than it hits.

Andre Gonzales

@SoSmooth1982

2023-05-13

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