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Published 14:12 10 May 2024 BST
Updated 09:09 4 Sept 2025 BST

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 10 May) is Dead Presidents, the 1995 crime thriller directed by The Hughes Brothers (The Book of Eli, Menace II Society).
Set in the '60s and '70s, the film focuses on Anthony (Larenz Tate, Menace II Society), a young man who enlists in the US Marine Corps and winds up serving a nightmarish tour of duty in Vietnam.
"Returning to his Bronx home, the nightmare continues for Anthony and his friends as they suffer the indignities of trying to find steady work and provide for their families in a flagging economy," the plot synopsis reads.
"As desperation takes hold, Anthony teams up with Skip (Chris Tucker, Rush Hour), a drug addict, and Kirby (Keith David, They Live), a small-time crook, to pull off a bank heist that will give them all a chance for a better life."
But it also doubles as a truly harrowing portrayal of both the horrors of the Vietnam war and the struggles Black and Latino veterans of the conflict faced upon returning home.
The movie is airing on TV tonight on Film4 at 11.10pm and is also available to rent on Apple TV and Google Play.
Check out the trailer for Dead Presidents right here:
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The Predator - E4 - 9pm
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Also featuring amongst its cast such recognisable faces as Bokeem Woodbine (Ripley), Freddy Rodríguez (Planet Terror), Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now), Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) and Terrence Howard (Prisoners), Dead Presidents works as a stylish period crime epic in the vein of Martin Scorsese.

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