Death and violence anger a twelve-year-old drug courier, who sets his employers against each other.
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Boaz YakinWriter:
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sean Nelson | ... | Fresh | |
| Giancarlo Esposito | ... | Esteban | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Sam | |
| N'Bushe Wright | ... | Nichole | |
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Ron Brice | ... | Corky |
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Jean-Claude La Marre | ... | Jake (as Jean LaMarre) |
| José Zúñiga | ... | Lt. Perez | |
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Luis Lantigua | ... | Chuckie |
| Yul Vazquez | ... | Chillie | |
| Cheryl Freeman | ... | Aunt Frances | |
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Anthony Thomas | ... | Red |
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Curtis McClarin | ... | Darryl (as Curtis L. McClarin) |
| Charles Malik Whitfield | ... | Smokey | |
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Víctor González | ... | Herbie |
| Guillermo Díaz | ... | Spike | |
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Fresh (Sean Nelson) is a 12-year-old drug dealer who finds himself trapped in a web of poverty, corruption and racial tension in Brooklyn, New York. When his drug-addict sister Nichole (N'Bushe Wright) starts sleeping with local drug lord Esteban (Giancarlo Esposito), Fresh calls upon the skills he learned playing chess with his alcoholic father and speed-chess champion Sam (Samuel L. Jackson) and devises a complex strategy that will free both himself and his sister. Written by heem857
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In a world where criminals make the rules an innocent boy is out to beat them at their own game. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for intense, realistic depiction of urban violence, and for drug content, pervasive language, and some sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
2 September 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$3,500,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$8,094,616Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$8,094,616Company Credits
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Herbie: It's over right, shit, it's done right?
Fresh: Look done to me.
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Written by Stevie Wonder
Published by Black Bull Music/Jobete Music Co.
Performed by Johnny Gill
Produced by Chuckii Booker for Big Dog Productions
Courtesy of Motown Records
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When Fresh comes over to his dad's (Sam's) trailer, Sam (Samuel L. Jackson), who's a drunk ,a chess hustler, and down in the dumps, tells Fresh (Sean Nelson) "Welcome to the Taj Mahal". Samuel L. Jackson used that, as a parody to his role as a homeless crackhead, in Spike Lee's Jungle Fever (1991), where Wesley Snipe's character searches for his brother Sam Jackson's "Gator" in a crackhouse. When Wesley, who played Flipper, finally finds Gator, hears the same comment about the Taj Mahal. See more »Goofs
In the scene with Fresh and his father playing chess, right before Fresh cries, the Queen and King are set up incorrectly (interchanged) on the board. It occurs in only one shot and is all right in all the other shots. See more »Quotes
[shooting in the store, Fresh and Herbie are waiting outside in the car]Herbie: It's over right, shit, it's done right?
Fresh: Look done to me.
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Jesus Children of AmericaWritten by Stevie Wonder
Published by Black Bull Music/Jobete Music Co.
Performed by Johnny Gill
Produced by Chuckii Booker for Big Dog Productions
Courtesy of Motown Records
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"Fresh" (Nelson), the title character and a black kid in his early teens, is a runner for low level drug distributors in the mean streets of NYC with a plan to get out of the ghetto. He plays speed chess with his estranged father and stashes money in a tin can but his plan goes well beyond just saving for a bus ticket. "Fresh" offers good production value, par performances, somewhat stereotypical characters, and lots of grit. However, what sets this critically lauded flick apart from its peers is a human drama with a clever storyline which transcend the usual stuck-in-the-ghetto flicks full of sensational crime stuff. An engaging watch for those into drug/ghetto/crime flicks. (B)