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Anthony Curtis (Larenz Tate) is a young man coming of age in the Bronx in 1968. Working two part-time jobs, one as a milkman's helper and another for local numbers runner Kirby (Keith David), Anthony is torn between doing the right thing and trying to get by in a environment that offers few opportunities to young black men. After graduating from high school, Anthony decides to join the Marines, news that is not well-received by his parents, who want him to go to college, or his girlfriend Juanita (Rose Jackson). After serving a horrific tour of duty in Viet Nam with his friends Skip (Chris Tucker) and Jose (Freddy Rodriguez), Anthony finds himself back home in 1973, where Juanita has been raising the child he fathered before he shipped out. Drugs and crime have crippled his community, and honest job prospects are practically nil. Eventually, with the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist, a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked currency.
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