Jack Kelson has just been released from jail in Seattle and
he will be on parole for a period of time. If his parole officer feels it’s justified, he can send Jack
back to jail. He rents a small
apartment and takes a job as a window washer. He wants his son Nick to have a better life. Jack wants Nick to go and live on his aunt’s farm
but he doesn’t want to leave his father.
Jack has determined to go straight but a former partner in crime steps
back into Jack’s life.
Jack and his son
both have a lot of disadvantages in their lives. Jack dreams of a new life in Alaska but he’s having a tough
time restarting his life in Seattle.
Nick is supposed to be going to school and his Dad thinks he is but he’s
hanging out on the streets. He was
required to bring a grade transcript and immunization paperwork for enrollment so he just
walked away. He does get a job
delivering newspapers. The ending is different than I expected. 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
113
min, Crime directed by Martin Bell with Jeff Bridges, Edward Furlong, John Boylan,
Greg Sevigny, Jayne Entwistle, Willie Williams, Roosevelt Franklin, Melvyn
Hayward, Don Harvey, Kit McDonough.
Note: Imdb 6.8 out of 10, 73% critic 68%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.2* out of 5* with 34 reviews.
Special
Note: Actually filmed in Seattle,
Washington. The character Freddie
was based on a real street kid, Lulu.
She was featured in the documentary Streetwise and she protected other
street kids. CNN paid for her
funeral after she was stabbed and over 200 people were at her funeral. Edward Furlong as Nick started acting
in 1984 in The Terminator. His
most recent film is Aftermath of 2014.
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