
SYNOPSIS: Attempted possession of marijuana gets Quawntay ‘Bosco” Adams served with a sentence for a period of 35 years. A woman he met through a lonely-hearts ad helped him to escape to see his daughter but he has to pay for what he has done in the past.
Quawntay Adam’s biography is provided narratively in his movie by the author and director, Nicholas Manuel Pino’s Bosco. The main character’s life is not pertinent to any specific features that could identify in detail this story from other similar movies about break prison films. Tom Block had been found guilty and sentenced to an incredible and insane harsh 35 years in maximum security prison for striking a deal and getting busted near the place where the story unfolds. In this case, he got himself embroiled in a marijuana dispute because it was his father who was responsible for his casual upbringing (Tyrese Gibson), hence they needn’t be surprised that, struggle as they might, the screenplay (which is also based on Quawntay Adams’ memoir) is based around someone on the inside teaching readers and hoping for a greener pasture with no worry about what to expect on the inside. The author tends to blank out the one interesting element in the plot: this skilled criminal, who has escaped from smaller jails a few times, used a newspaper advertisement to reach a woman who was physically abused and helped him to come up with a plan too.
Instead, the focus for Bosco begins to shift onto the genre’s common elements, be it exchanging goods for information, seeking to connect with other inmates struggling with addiction or violence from the prison staff (Thomas Jane and Theo Rossi as violent guards). Speaking of Quawntay, yes, he does have a girlfriend who only recently had a baby but does not want to answer Quawntay’s phone calls from prison. An ultrasound photo of the baby is all the guards have, who decide to take it away from him as psychological punishment as well. It is clear however that what he desires most is to come back and be around them again, and be accepted by them, this time refusing the life his father forced upon him, and which he hopes to perpetuate.
Even more disappointing was seeing new actor Aubrey Joseph drown in the narrative either through his weak action performances on screen or his vaguely uninterested voice. He performs with a chokehold that does not help the material. But then again, it is not surprising that there is a slight dramatic tension whenever the film lets Quawntay and his new possible love Tammy (Nikki Blonsky) interact. The actors do have some chemistry as they struggle through awkward and weird moments in their lives and one gets the feeling that they are in search of each other for that liberation. This makes it all the more frustrating that Nicholas Manuel Pino has completely relegated that aspect to the background. There are jump cuts to Tammy’s domestic life that are such anchors that no emotional significance can be derived from them.
Quawntay Quawntay also includes block after block of compulsive flashbacks of Quawntay with his father which apparently build up to the reason as to why he gets sent to this prison which all seems unnecessary but might help in the end as his parents are played by Tyrese Gibson and Vivica A. Fox is the only one convincing in this film. The dialogue, especially the narration that comes from Quawntay, is shown to be quite forced and unimaginative most of the time.
As Bosco’s closing finishes, there is news that Quawntay Adams engages in a number of charities and activism where he seeks to lessen the time spent on the excessive harsh sentences which is quite admirable to see but also creates the idea that a documentary would be more fitting for this man if the filmmakers are not willing to delve into what makes this particular account of a prison break special. This is quite uneventful and quite tiring to watch.
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