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Jason's Lyric
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780792843160
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Original recording reissued, NTSC
ISBN: 0792843169
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: January 04, 2000
Running Time: 119 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: September 28, 1994
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Editorial Review:
At the heart of this dynamic film is the love of a man for a woman, a mother for a son, and a brother for a brother. Rarely is one man's struggle for inner peace so poignantly displayed as in this engrossingly sexy and unflinchingly violent love story. Lyric is the young woman who rekindles the dreams of a man tormented by a father's alcoholic violence now perpetuated by an unstable brother. Allen Payne and Jada Pinkett make for one of the screen's most memorable duos in the title roles. Each brings emotional intensity paired with powerful sexuality to their roles. Director Doug McHenry speaks to the 1990s by deftly balancing the story's heightened drama with just enough hope to give it impact. --Rochelle O'Gorman
From one of the producers of New Jack City comes a "sizzling hot" (Glamour Magazine) Romeo and Juliet drama that blends an explosive soundtrack with an all-star cast, including Allen Payne (The Walking Dead), Jada Pinkett (The Nutty Professor), Bokeem Woodbine (The Rock), Forest Whitaker (The Crying Game) and Naughty By Nature's Anthony "Treach" Criss (Who's The Man?). Jason and Joshua are two brothers left fatherless by a family fight that spun out of control. Trying to make good and get off the slick ghetto streets of Houston, Jason (Payne) finds a source of inspiration in a beautiful and sexy girl named Lyric (Pinkett), whose dreams of fleeing the city together give him hope for a better life. But when Joshua (Woodbine) turns to a life of crime and drugs, Jason finds he's torn between his love for Lyric and his obligation to family. And as the time comes for Jason to leave, he finds that Joshua will stop at nothing to see that he stays even if the fight to keep him rivals the one that killed their father!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Romance at its best
This movie is my definition of a good romance film. It's simply about a good man's romantic chase going after a good woman and the fact that nothing can separate their love in the end. I especially liked it showing the romance in a modern Black perspective. Excellent directing and excellent acting. Always loved Allen Payne and Bokeem Woodbine. Seen them in a couple of other films or TV shows where they showed their good acting skills. Jada Pinkett-Smith is of course top of the line.
Rating: - Filmed in my hometown...Houston, TX!
I remember being in high school (Da Ridge...Eagles baby!) when this movie came out in 1994. I remember thinking how cool that a movie like this would be filmed in my own city versus LA or NY. Many of the scenes in the movie were filmed in the most popular areas, especially those known as hot tourist locations. The movie depicts life in the roughest parts of town and how it can harden a person including families. But the two lovers in this movie dream about and desperately want a better life for themselves, ... Read More
Rating: - Jason's Lyric Purchase
The purchase was received in a well manner. I would buy from this marketplace again.
Rating: - HONEYCOMB
As I watched the DVD, I did seeking for an answer to something that this movie had stirred in me. To my amazement it surfaced in me that this movie centered around pure, innocent, mind probing, and heart phased LOVE. In other words, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. Yet even though it appread in an ordinary way it was demonstrated in an extraordinary style. Jason, having to face the lost of his father by his own hands, had to come to terms with the fact that he killed his father but not for evil but to protect his mother. ... Read More
Rating: - Great movie for dates!
This movie is great.
You won't be disappointed.
Perfect for dates and the soundtrack is great!
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