Release Date: 2/12/2002 Original Release: 1994 Format: DVD Widescreen Length: 115 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: for intense, realistic depiction of urban violence, and for drug content, pervasive language, and some sexuality UPC: 786936172058 Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Dramas, Drugs, Gangs, Kids Adventure, Personal Triumph, Social Issues, Recommended, Poverty, Big City, Independent, Theatrical Release
Description
In this critically-acclaimed action drama a street-wise 12-year-old boy devises a dangerous plan to rid his neighborhood of its two competing drug dealers and save his sister. Using the type of thought he learned from playing chess with his father, the kid plays the thugs off one another, makes sacrifices when necessary, and wins the game. Winner of the Filmmaker's Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 Letterbox - 1.85 Audio: TBD Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary: Boaz Yakin - Director Bonus Footage: Cast Auditions Comparisons: Film-to-Storyboard Comparison Bloopers: Gag Reel Interactive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Access
'Fresh' is one of those rare films that finds a way to be thoughtful and complex. Fresh played by Sean Nelson is an extremely intelligent young man. At 12 years old he is playing chess at a high... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
