mostly b/c i LOVE a movie where someone's scheme actually works out in the end (see also: "jackie brown"). upon re-watching last year, it wasn't as strong as i had remembered, nor was the boy's scheme as complex. and somehow i had forgotten samuel l. jackson played his dad. but i still thought it was a cool piece of work. i watched it with my boy who had previously dissed "cooley high" when i showed it to him for the first time, and he actually liked it. he has erratic taste so i dunno how much that counts for.