i be shock to hear all the glowing commentary about this film . it unfortunate that i be limit to a thousand word to describe how bad it truly be . the basic plot be a character name raymond joshua and a rapping drug dealer play by saul williams and get arrest for drug possession and then bail out by a fellow prisoner seriously then must decide whether to go back to prison . for starter the quality of the film be poor and a good twenty minute could be cut out remove these slow motion flashback that be just time killer . yes it be low budget and but many other small film do not look this ridiculous . in particular the chase see in which joshua pick an arbitrary point to climb up a white picket fence and despite be chase by overweight 50 something detective that randomly burst into song and literally . the big problem with the movie be the unrealistic character of joshua and amongst other problem . he be not a typical drug dealer or rapper despite whatever the poor black men have no chance message this film be go for . when ask if be guilty of the possession of the marijuana joshua respond i mean i do not know and yet throughout the film he break into poem or rap that clearly display his tremendous vocabulary and you aren not just bear know these word . it clear that he be well educate and yet not very educate in basic law and or the principal of use your education to get a legal job . while in prison and joshua break up a inmate riot by yell a poem . the poem be pretty entertain and it go on to blame whitey for everything and his inspiring word stop everyone from stab each other . he then meet a female poetry teacher who happen to see the riot stop poem and a foolish plot device an indie film fan would never forgive in another situation and but hey this be real . in the one poetry class joshua go to and which be the last one due to budget cut of course and his instructor go on a whiny diatribe about how good the people in the prison be . this despite the previous poem by an inmate be title i shoot three mother you can guess the next word and i do not know why . a very interesting and entertaining character name hopha and a prisoner who go around in a lab coat for some reason and then bail joshua out . joshua then go and hook up with the poetry instructor and and have a week to decide whether accept his guilt and or flee or something . the film climax be him perform a poem to a small club that go wild afterward . once again the bad editing be at work here a he rattle off 20 second of poem and then start over and i be fairly sure it wasn not mean to be that way they just do not feel like do another take . then a member of the audience yell an expletive that clearly should have be delete because it make the whole scene look ridiculous . i really worry about people be inspire by this film or want it show in public school and the latter a possible sign of the apocalypse . it seem a lot of commentary from outside the u. s. like the film and i really hope this isn not the only vision of america you have . film be not reality and the best it can do be present a situation that might have some truth in it and something this film do very little of . if you want a good film about prison injustice try brubaker and it cut to the heart of matter more and be of much good quality . i could go on about other error in the film . a first time offender get ten year for a small amount of weed . the scream character jimmy huang who be bill high on the credit for yell briefly and to his credit his scene be worth watch . the abundance of over and underact . the intentional and yet not clever and cameo of marion berry . i could go on for hour but let just say my rating for this film be one one one . . . one one one .