

In a secret hiding place where he stashes his earnings, his savings now come to a substantial amount. After school, Fresh goes to a wooded, abandoned area. At recess, Fresh and his best friend, Chuckie (Luis Lantigua), watch the girls' cheerleading team and Fresh talks to one of them, Rosie (Natima Bradley). The employee tells Fresh that Esteban wants to see him after handing Fresh his share of the money.įresh arrives late at school where he is his scolded by his teacher, Mrs. He meets up with another of Esteban's employees to count the drugs. He rushes out because he is late for school. Herbie insults Fresh and makes crude comments about Fresh's sister, which angers Fresh. Next, he visits another apartment where several women and one man, Herbie ( Victor Gonzalez), are measuring and cutting bricks of heroin. The woman, a drug addict, "finds" the missing bag. Fresh warns her that his boss Esteban will be angry with the incorrect amount. Fresh notices that she has given him the wrong amount, trying to swindle him out of his delivery. "Fresh" stops at a Latina woman's apartment to pick up dime bags of heroin before he goes to school. ( October 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. "There's shocking resonance to the notion of a grade-school boy who's become a criminal out of sheer pragmatism," wrote Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman.
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An emotional coming of age story, it offers a realistic glimpse of the dangerous life in New York City's projects during the crack epidemic. Marketed as a hip hop ' hood film, Fresh went relatively unnoticed by the public, but won critical acclaim. Jackson), Fresh devises and executes a brilliant plan to extricate himself and his drug-addicted sister ( N'Bushe Wright) from their hopeless lives. Inspired by the chess lessons of his father, an alcoholic speed-chess master ( Samuel L. The story revolves around a preteen boy named Michael, nicknamed Fresh (portrayed by Sean Nelson), running drugs for gangsters.

It was scored by Stewart Copeland, a member of The Police. Fresh is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Boaz Yakin in his directorial debut, also produced by Randy Ostrow and Lawrence Bender (seen in a cameo appearance).
