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18/11/2022 Drama 1h 35m
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Overview

Ellis French is a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.

  1. Elegance Bratton

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Jeremy Pope

    Ellis French

  2. Gabrielle Union

    Inez French

  3. Bokeem Woodbine

    Laws

  4. Raúl Castillo

    Rosales

  5. McCaul Lombardi

    Harvey

  6. Nicholas Logan

    Brooks

  7. Eman Esfandi

    Ismail

  8. Aaron Dominguez

    Castro

  9. Aubrey Joseph

    Boles

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-02-25
"French" (Jeremy Pope) is an itinerant gay man who, estranged from his prison office mother "Inez" (Gabrielle Union), has concluded that the only way to stop himself becoming subsumed into an underworld of drugs, disease and most likely death, is to join the US Marines. Having failed at just about everything else, his mother is somewhat sceptical, but to bootcamp he goes where he encounters the stereotypically brutish gunnery sergeant-major "Laws" (Bokeem Woodbine). It's all based on a true story directed and adapted from his own story by Elegance Bratton, so jeopardy here there isn't. That sa...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$270,613.00

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