Fresh Page #5

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Boaz Yakin
Production: Miramax
  4 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
1994
114 min
2,026 Views


Now you know better

than to always be in my face

with this silly ass nonsense.

I wouldn't if Jake paid me.

But he like always gettin' mad

about somethin'.

And you know I ain't gonna

be gettin' all up in his face

when he like that.

- So instead, you get in mine.

- 'Cause you ain't like that.

My man Fresh.

My stand-up little G.

You see, homes, this--

Hey, what the f*** you doin'?

I was pickin' up.

Don't be doin' sh*t

behind my back! Why the f***

you gonna be doin' that?

Corky, it was my turn.

Man, we just playin'.

It's just me, baby.

I don't give a f*** who you is!

Be my mother, motherf***er,

I don't play that sh*t!

-Sorry, all right?

- Yeah, you be sorry.

You do that sh*t,

just do it in front of my face.

Now, am I free to finish my

little transaction here...

without every n*gger be doin'

some sh*t behind my back?

N*ggers be dissin' you

at every turn, homes.

It's all right, 'cause

you my stand-up little G.

Yeah.

And, uh, I'll be talkin' to Jake

about his temper too.

It's one hundred dollars.

N*ggers be gettin'

$50 for lookout.

I be runnin' that rock all day.

One hundred dollars.

You one bad

motherf***er, crimey.

Only reason you ain't the man

is you still too goddamn little.

But you get bigger,

you gonna be the man.

Oh, man!

I shake on a game, Fishcake.

That wasn't no game.

All right.

Who's next, who's next?

Come on. I heard there was

players in this sh*t hole.

All I see is chumps.

Come on. Who's gonna

give me a game?

Come on.

Get outta here.

I ain't got time

for this sh*t.

All right.

Play.

Check.

Mate in four.

F*** you. Ain't no mate

in no four. F*** you.

Would've been four

if you were smart. Mate.

Sh*t.

That sh*t over there

was a waste of time.

Fished me a twenty, Dad.

You don't be pulling 'em in

for no twenties.

Said it was a waste of time.

Time ain't money...

no matter what those morons

who eat that kind of sh*t up

may try and tell you.

Anything lost can be found again,

except for time wasted.

- It was fun, Dad, stupid fun.

You seen that n*gger--

- Chess ain't fun, boy.

How many times I gotta

tell you that? Dont you

listen to a word I say?

- Maybe if I seen you more.

- Well, you don't,

so youd be well served...

to retain some of the knowledge

I'm impartin' to you...

rather than giving me

all your hard-ass

street-attitude bullshit.

Ain't so much fun now, is it?

Gettin' to be less and less fun

every second here.

Uh-uh, think about it.

Forget the clock

for a second, Michael.

What kind of player am I?

Am I an offensive man

or a defensive man?

That's right; I'm neither.

I play my opponent.

If he likes to attack,

I force him to defend himself.

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Boaz Yakin

Boaz Yakin (born June 20, 1966) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer based in New York City. He has penned the screenplays to films like The Rookie, A Price Above Rubies, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and Now You See Me, and has directed the 2000 sports drama Remember the Titans and the 2012 Jason Statham action film Safe. As a producer he has collaborated frequently with filmmaker Eli Roth and served as executive producer for the first two entries in the Hostel franchise. more…

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