Five Star
2014 · 88 MIN · IMDB 5.5 · 572 VOTES · DIR. Keith Miller
Overview
After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film and in reality—the streets of Brooklyn are all Primo has ever known. While John questions whether or not to enter into this life, Primo must decide whether to leave it all behind as he vows to become a better husband and father. Set during those New York summer weeks where the stifling heat seems to encase everything, Five Star plunges into gang culture with searing intensity. Director Keith Miller observes the lives of these two men with a quiet yet pointed distance, carefully eschewing worn clichés through its unflinching focus. Distinctions between fiction and real life remain intentionally ambiguous, allowing the story of these two men to resonate beyond the streets, as they face the question of what it means to be a man.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,223 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:22 [ Vehicles Passing ]
00:04:53 What's good, man? What's up, man? No pounds?
00:07:03 She's living. You know.
00:09:31 I love him to death, but what he taught me, I'm gonna use.
00:12:55 [ Pan Sizzling ]
00:15:54 Are you asking me? Kind of.
00:19:26 She gonna protect it for another 40 years, right?
00:21:57 You can't put hands on him. Why not?
00:25:59 'Cause then you just signed yourself over.
00:28:36 I don't touch a package.
00:32:17 [ Man #2 ] Nah, 12 years is a long time. But he learning, though.
00:36:15 [ Metal Clangs ]
00:39:45 That guy came knocking on my door. He said...
00:42:53 What, man? Don't get too big for your britches.
00:47:34 I already talked to him about it. He's already waiting for you.
00:50:48 Come on, Ma, don't start with this. Please don't.
00:53:43 You're too young to understand.
00:58:08 ♪ ♪ [ Boy Singing In Hebrew ]
01:01:16 Like, I don't want the same things for my kids.
01:04:52 ♪ Motherfucker, get outta here ♪
01:08:40 Because of who your father was.
01:13:21 Nobody gonna stop. Nothing.
01:17:41 [ Thunderclap ]
01:22:51 ♪♪ [ Fading ]