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Hall’s scenes are far more effective because they allow Jah to be more open and receptive, and we can see the things that harden him rather than just hear about them from the narration. Elsewhere, however, All Day and a Night plays like an urban crime thriller made with more earnestness than style. It’s a good film, but its mistake is its selective empathy—it asks you to feel for its doomed main character yet makes no such requirement for anyone else damaged in his path.
Jahkor offered to kill Stunna's rival, Malcolm (Stephen Barrington), and he did so by executing Malcolm and his girlfriend Cece (Cydnee Barry) in front of their daughter Miesha (Bianca Richelle) in their home. This is not to say that such movies should not exist, but do we have to get the same damn movie over and over? Jahkor (Sanders) never wanted to be like his father (Wright), and his father never wanted to see his son in prison.It appears that JD has little wisdom for Jah and neither Cole’s script nor his direction stick the landing vis-à-vis any kind of cautionary tale for Jah’s own son.
She has little to do here except mildly chastise JD, almost invalidating Jah’s statement with her easy surrender. His latest is about a young rapper from Oakland who struggles to deal with the repercussions of his actions. There is great power to be had in Jah’s story if the filmmakers had taken care to build momentum or even vise-like tension.Jahkor meets his son when Shantaye brings him along with her and also assures that his son will not end up like him or JD.