KICKS (USA 2016) ****
Directed by Justin Tipping
Starring: Jahking Guillory, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Christopher Meyer
Review by Gilbert Seah
KICKS is the ‘nigga’ term for shoes and refers to the pair of red Jordan sneakers Brandon (Jahking Guillory) bought and lost within the same day. The film brings a new look to the term ‘red shoes’.
“Get your nigga ass over here.” are words used instead of “Please, come here,” in the film. This is one example of the common black slang used in KICKS. KICKS is a spirited African American film that puts the audience right in the hood. The hood in this case is Richmond of East Bay, California. Similar to Vittorio de Sica’s classic BICYCLE THIEVES, the protagonist gets his prized possession, his KICKS stolen. Updated to the present, the victim, unlike the Italian who got the bike quietly stolen, Brandon is beaten up, insulted and…
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