This action film, directed by the Hughes brothers, depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn." However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent disillusionment with progress in social issues and civil rights back home in the United States, during the 1960's.... (Full plot summary below)
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This action film, directed by the Hughes brothers, depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn." However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent disillusionment with progress in social issues and civil rights back home in the United States, during the 1960's.
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| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaExcellent performances, a great soundtrack, and the Hughes' technical virtuosity make it worth a look. |
| Film ScoutsEleanor Ringel GillespieAll directors experience a "second-movie slump," and as far as slumps go, this one is more than honorable. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFilmed in black-and-white with an eerie score by Neil Young, and using contemporary dialogue and mannerisms, Jarmusch's picture has a dream-like quality. |
| Film ScoutsEleanor Ringel CaterAll directors experience a "second-movie slump," and as far as slumps go, this one is more than honorable. |
| VarietyTodd McCarthyDead Presidents may eventually box itself into a narrative dead end, but its muscular engagement of weighty themes and explosive situations makes it a powerful drama. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertDead Man is a strange, slow, unrewarding movie that provides us with more time to think about its meaning than with meaning. |
| Film ThreatFelix Vasquez Jr.Platoon lite with a bitter ending that doesn't work in its favor... |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDragan AntulovTalent of Hughes brothers deserves viewer's attention even when their results don't meet such high standards. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonDead Presidents is like a shotgun blast in the face: It's that powerful, that lethal, that ugly. |
| Austin ChronicleJoey O'BryanThe Hughes Brothers' ambition is admirable, but, as with their main character, ambition gets the better of them. |
