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Title: Kicks (2016)
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Brandon
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| Christopher Jordan Wallace | ... |
Albert
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| Christopher Meyer | ... |
Rico
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| Kofi Siriboe | ... |
Flaco
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| Mahershala Ali | ... |
Marlon
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| Molly Shaiken | ... |
The Astronaut
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Koran Streets | ... |
Trev
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Dante Clark | ... |
Gabe
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Donté Clark | ... |
Ryan
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Daryl
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Nessma Ismail | ... |
Gorda
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Girl at School
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Dyendis Davis-Jones | ... |
Shoe Store Mom
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Glenda
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Mercedes Friend
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Fifteen-year-old Brandon longs for a pair of the freshest sneakers that money can buy, assuming that merely having them on his feet will help him escape the reality of being poor, neglected by the opposite sex and picked on by everyone - even his best friends. Working hard to get them, he soon finds that the titular shoes have instead made him a target after they are promptly snatched by Flaco, a local hood. Brandon goes on a mission to retrieve his stolen sneakers.
I do love a nice pair of Jordan basketball shoes but it's not that serious! After all they're just sneakers. As a kid growing up in the late 80s and 90s I remember hearing stories of people getting jacked or killed for a pair of nice basketball shoes. I was surprised to hear recently that this type of stuff still goes on today. That's basically what this film is about. A 15 year old named Brandon would give anything to get his hands on a brand new pair of retro Air Jordan 1s and when he finally gets a pair they are stolen by a hardened thug in his hood and he goes on a ghetto adventure with two of his friends to try and get the shoes back, a nice little story with some nice little twists and turns. This film isn't the best indie film out there but it is a nice one just to kick back and enjoy. I did like the acting coming from Kofi Siriboe, who played Flaco and Mahershala Ali from "The Hunger Games". I think these two gave the film what it needed to give it that extra boost into making it a decent film because these two are some talented actors. With that being said, I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a good indie film now and then.