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First Time Felon R 1997 1h 50m Drama List Reviews 88% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A young criminal (Omar Epps) serves four months in a military-style prison program, where he helps save an ...

Can a young gangster from Chicago's West Side turn his life around? A first time felon doesn't have to be a lifetime criminal. Greg Yance (Omar Epps) has lea...

First Time Felon is a 1997 television film directed by Charles S. Dutton and starring Omar Epps. Plot. A young inexperienced drug dealer and Vice Lords gang member, Greg Yance , is arrested for drug possession in his hometown, Chicago. Because of Yance having five grams of drugs under his belt at the time of arrest, he is facing a five-year ...

Synopsis. There's his way or the hard way. One guard. One inmate. One chance for redemption. Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years in jail or a couple of months in boot camp. He chooses boot camp and finds out it is tougher than he ...

As first time felon, he can get 120 days of boot camp instead of 5 years prison. Boot camp's tough. ... Film Movie Reviews First Time Felon — 1997. First Time Felon. 1997. 1h 50m. R. Drama ...

What you should've Learned From FIRST TIME FELON, is about MANDATORY MINIMUMS. What are they? What does self hate look like? First-Time Felon is about an ama...

First Time Felon: Directed by Charles S. Dutton. With Omar Epps, Delroy Lindo, Rachel Ticotin, Anthony 'Treach' Criss. Greg Yance is caught with over 5 grams drugs on him for trafficking. Prison is overcrowded and violent. As first time felon, he can get 120 days of boot camp instead of 5 years prison. Boot camp's tough.

Reviews of. First Time Felon. 1997. Definitely not a great film. I would say it's good close to decent, but definitely worth a peep. This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth. I feel like there's still a lot to process here, but it felt like a movie with a lot of very real moments but without a very real story—which is funny ...

Redemption. view_and_review 23 October 2020. "First Time Felon" is a story of redemption for a man named Greg Yance (Omar Epps). He was a small time drug dealer in Chicago who got busted. Being that he was a first time nonviolent offender he had the option of five years in prison or four months in boot camp.

First-Time Felon. The story of 23-year-old African-American Greg Yance, played with touching restraint by Omar Epps, and his trials as a first-time convict make an absorbing if troubling telefilm ...

First Time Felon is a drama film that is directed by Charles S. Dutton. It stars Omar Epps, Delroy Lindo, Jo. D. Jonz, Clifton Powell, Treach from Naughty-B...

A prison movie review of First Time Felon (1997, USA). Two-dimensional story of a first-time offender being rehabilitated through a boot camp. ... It is the territory of First Time Felon. The film is based on the real life story of Greg Yance (played here by an impassive Omar Epps), successful drug dealer and high-ranking member of the Vice ...

Released September 6th, 1997, 'First Time Felon' stars Omar Epps, Delroy Lindo, Rachel Ticotin, Treach The R movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a user score of 69 (out of 100 ...

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First Time Felon is a movie about a drug dealing gang member that is arrested and given the chance to go to boot camp. His growth to manhood is compelling considering the obstacles he has to overcome. I highly recommend this movie. It is based on a true story and I really loved Omar Epps, Treach, Delroy Lindo and Rachelle Tichotin.

Synopsis. There's his way or the hard way. One guard. One inmate. One chance for redemption. Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years in jail or a couple of months in boot camp. He chooses boot camp and finds out it is tougher than he ...

All about Movie: directors and actors, reviews and ratings, trailers, stills, backstage. ... Prison is overcrowded and violent. As first time felon, he can get 120 days of boot camp instead of 5 years prison. Boot camp's tough. ... Related Movies There are no related titles yet, but you can add them: Add a short review ...

First Time Felon. R 1997 Drama · 1h 50m. We've checked all the major streaming services, and this title is not found on any of them right now. Get Notified. Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years in jail or a couple of months in boot ...

Excellent movie. First Time Felon is a movie about a drug dealing gang member that is arrested and given the chance to go to boot camp. His growth to manhood is compelling considering the obstacles he has to overcome. I highly recommend this movie. It is based on a true story and I really loved Omar Epps, Treach, Delroy Lindo and Rachelle Tichotin.

Violence & Gore. Moderate 1 of 1 found this moderate. Most strong moderately graphic violence in the beginning, but most of the movie is set in a bootcamp, and the violence is not pervasively graphic.

Teresa W it was too many dry stops. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 06/09/24 Full Review David Very well written story with slight twist. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars ...

8/10. criminally impressive. jack-964 17 July 2008. Felon is a moralistic movie about a guy that is sentenced to prison cause of some circumstance which is best described as 'being at the wrong place at the wrong time', together with an action that is very understandable, but very unfortunate.