Four best friends from the Lower Ninth Ward in post-Katrina New Orleans are struggling to survive. They try to rob a casino under the direction of local gangster Cousin Bass. It goes wrong and they become fugitives from both Bass and the law.

The characters are talking about Tarantino. RZA is obviously taking some homage with him. It's nowhere near that level but non of that is a cinematic sin. The first half is actually pretty good. I like the four buddies and I like crime drama. I like T.I. I like this movie until Terrence Howard and Ethan Hawke show up. Those characters are unnecessary and the movie is too long anyways. After the first half, it only needs a few more scenes before a big shoot-out to finish off a good crime B-movie. It wastes a couple A-level talents and the movie is compromised by them.

The film centers on James Greenville (Shameik Moore ) an unpublished graphic artist in New Orleans' Ninth Ward post Katrina. With a wife and child, they were in underwater before the hurricane. Unable to get a job or a FEMA loan, James and his three friends rob a casino on the information given to them from Cousin Bass (T.I.) a drug supplier operating out of a FEMA trailer. Shots were fired and one in the group dies. They don't have all the money Cousin demands. Lucinda Valencia is introduced 43 minutes into the film as the detective on the case.

The film was more about relaying a message. It uses Wizard of Oz metaphors as Dorothy tries to find her way home. The could have left Ethan Hawke's character out of the film and saved about 20 boring minutes.

Guide: F-word. Nudity.

This is not a great film. It's okay. I'm enjoying this film. This is a gritty movie. If you've never been hungry you would not understand