He does that in just about every movie. He’s never the star of a film and never the main focus but his characters always stood out. He’s probably the greatest supporting actor ever. You notice he has a connection good or bad with the main character in every film he’s been in. He should have been won an Oscar for best supporting actor.
"You getting all that good loving and you can't put food on the table". I might've shed a thug tear over that line. You talk about a line that cuts deep. You find out your girl not only was sleeping around while you were at war, but the dude taught her tricks too? Plus, she out here telling him that you broke? That's too much.
And the funny thing about this line is that a lot of people don't understand that he didn't grant Anthony a mercy, he did it to protect his rep in the streets. Cutty is known in the hood as a pimp. They didn't show any of his other women but even Anthony recognized it right away. What would the streets say if they had heard that Cutty killed Anthony aka Juanita's baby daddy from the war? Everyone would have automatically assumed it was over Juanita...And that ain't Pimpish or Gangsta
Lol I used to think the same thing when I was dating this girl that had a little daughter and we were both servers, always broke. It wasn't until years later after we broke up I found out we could have applied for food stamps😂🤣😅😆. I was spending about $400 of hard-earned cash on damn groceries.
Look at the way Cutty was smiling as he left Juanita's house. He says he "laid a little cash" on Juanita, but he laid something else on her, if you catch my drift, and Anthony knew that. Imagine going to see your lady and some other dude walks out of her place with a big smile on his face. What would you think?
That Nigga GHOST 😂😂🤣 this is him after having to hide from O'dogg for snitching about his robbery tape. I heard O'dogg snapped after kane got murked so Chauncy had to change his name and get low...
@longdays shortnites facts 💯💯 mr pretty tony u kno the rules too the game yo bitch jus chose me na we can handle this like we got some class or we can get off into some gangsta shyt 😂💯
For a man not to have only 2 scenes in a movie not to even total 5 mins...and leave such an impact on the minds of those who seen this movie....speaks VOLUMES. My 2 fav characters was Kirby and Cutty 😂
He does that in every film. He’s never the star but always leave an impact. He always has connection either good or bad with the main character. He’s probably the greatest supporting actor ever and should have been won an Oscar for best supporting actor.
Definitely has a slept on run in that era menace to society,the inkwell,dead presidents,love jones,why do fools fall in love,love come down plus he was a teen n in his early 20's doing all of those versatile impactful characters he deserves way more respect then he gets
@CapCityMover he definitely did deserve one lol. At a certain point, it's not even about the girl. Cutty was stepping on his toes on purpose and was daring him to get upset about it.
@inmyhumbleopinion_ Cutty is only doing what he's allowed to do. He doesn't know anything else. Once a woman brings a man around the family like that. That means she never respected you and you will be the one who will pay the price. You could confront cutty and beat him up but rest assured that there's more Cuttys as long as you keep dealing with a woman like that. She will just find another Cutty. Take your losses and remove yourself from that woman.
@@CapCityMoverit’s not about the woman no more. Ant warned him to stay away. Cutty knocks him down the stairs and puts a gun to his mouth. It ain’t about Juanita no more
@willstaywinning I agree but what's next after you beat up or kill Cutty though? Potentially going to prison and losing more precious time away from your kids?
@@frankeinstein1Clifton barely had any time in this movie and he absolutely kills it. The way he humiliated Tate while sitting in the caddy without saying one word to him. 🔥🔥
Being in the military back in the early 90"s With a girl at home...this shit hit home with me and Juanita actually had the same aura as my girl so I felt some type a way watching this movie. Luckily there was no child involved. I knew I had to move on
MOVE ON!!!!! Don't get mad, don't get violent with her, don't question her, just leave man. Do you know how many women are on this earth?????? Best thing I heard in these comments Barry.
To be honest, “trained soldier” does not necessarily mean you’re good in a fist fight. I was in the corps and I will absolutely say they know how to train you to be a basic marksmen. What that means is that they do teach you how to aim your rifle and let a couple go with solid accuracy. When it comes to hand to hand combat, your average marine is terrible at it. There’s an inside joke that the only thing the martial arts program does is train you to get your ass kicked in style. I’ve learned more after my active duty service just by doing boxing, BJJ, and Muay Thai as a civilian after my 9-5.
His woman definitely put him in that mess with Cutty. She was still taking money from him and dealing with him in some capacity and had little respect for Anthony.
Clifton Powell is one of the most underrated/under paid actors in Hollywood. I liked his performance in everything he played in. He’s just that convincing. This scene here. I felt where he was coming from..
I like Clifton Powell and I like this movie. But people are getting out of hand with the “how did so and so not win an Oscar for this?” Everyone thinks the scene they like deserves an Oscar.
@Rose Roberson I totally disagree. He knew how to separate his business dealings from his personal dealings. He told him, "I gon' kill you over no woman." Which tells me that he would have killed him if it was business. Cutty was a real player, and he adhered to a player's code (whatever that meant for him).
This scene still powerful Cutty trying to humiliate Anthony but he wouldn’t let him. Told him to kill him right then and there that shit was epic. Anthony won this imo he showed Cutty he wasn’t scared of him and he is a man
@@ConsidertheCrows it’s really sad I wish he just left ol girl, went back home to his parents and focus on getting his life together and taking care of his daughter specifically only he kept trying to make their relationship work despite that bullshit. Soon as Cowboy said that shit about Cutty smashing her while he was gone he should have left her alone huge red flag. Ending still messes my head up he messed his entire life up.
You gotta remember, the character Anthony was in the Vietnam war, so he seen blood, guts and death all around and anticipated death at every minute and second, so something like this probably didn't scare him, which is why he talked to cutty that way. Nonetheless, both did and extremely well job in this movie and especially in this scene. Initially I thought that he would take out cutty the same way he did cowboy, but cutty was a little more powerful in this movie.
Two scariest scenes i found was when he was sleeping and having nightmares/flashbacks from Nam and woke his girl up in the middle of the night and also Tucker dying of a overdose. This movie is actually loosely based on the true story of a real black Vietnam vet. Very realistic movie anf not over the top at all. I dont think they had a lot of fun making this film. It was actually a very dark movie!!
I know this scene was real life for some people. Imagine you go off to war (or a long distant relationship in college or something), and your girl has been servicing another man and performing better than she was beforehand.
@@lookoutnow4996 Think I would prefer that to this actually lol. Mama does have to have a life too. But Juanita was out here wildin,and obviously Cutty taught her how to be disrespectful as hell too.
Naw, Jody was actin like a bitch and disrespecting his mom and her man….Anthony was defending his family. Cutty woulda got domed behind that shit. You don’t pull a pistol, yet alone wave it in a man face and tell him to suck it….It’s principle…Cutty would likely get crept on, especially by a stressed out combat veteran that saw real killing. Woulda been easy for Anthony probably.
"If you need some advice feel free to talk to me. Cause I done seen it all and done it all...to the FULL!! You might think you seein some new shit out here, but it ain't nothin but a rerun to me!!" Jody didn't like that one! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love the way Clifton delivers the line “a man oughta get respect for something like that” and “SUCK IT N*****!!!” Very cold. Great actor. Great scene. U know you’re doing your job right when we’re here in 2021 still talkin bout a film that’s 26 years old!
Because although what he did was fxcked up, It really wasn’t about him. I think the scene with him and cowboy showed his growth as a man and loss of innocence. That scene represents something different, and getting revenge means killing cutty and that’s something i don’t think he was focused on.
@@bscarter100 Also what would be the point since Juanita chose Cutty, it's not like he forced himself on her. Anthony anger if anything, should have been more on her, than Cutty.
Outside of the Players Club, I can’t remember there being anything like this movie back when it was first released. They did an excellent job displaying how difficult it was for poor, minority, veterans to come home and deal with life after Vietnam. But my heart always breaks for Anthony in this story, bc he simply wanted to live righteously. But someone in the comments mentioned that Juanita, his partner was actually the real villain, which is a good point that I actually missed I think 20 years ago or so when I first saw this movie. Great great movie, that I’m blessed to have seen when I did.
“Youngblood, I took care of your woman & your baby while you were in the war, a man ought to get a little respect for that” 🥶👌🏾That’s the koldest line of the day!😂
This scene is really about what the Black man's options were during that time. It was either you was with the street game or you left to join the armed forces. Either way, both led to disfunction and death.
I agree, great interpretation💯 Like you said it was either armed forces or the streets. The drafting of African Americans into the armed forces created a dynamic that changed the scope of history for blacks and several other ethnicities. The smuggling of drugs grew as the US military got plugged into foreign countries. Drugs brings guns and prostitution and destroy households, in which, this destroys the structure of the person itself. To combat the reality and faults, one goes through a repetitive cycle of destructive habits for survival. This scene really digs at the core issue within the black community in America. At the end of the day, like the cliche, it’s all about the money.
Fyi, this movie is based on a true story. See the book BLOODS by Wallace Terry. Very gritty and tragic. I remember reading the book 15 years ago in college and thinking that "this story sounds like Dead Presidents, the movie"
As the son and nephew of Vietnam veterans, I can safely say that if that were my Dad or uncles, somebody would've found Cutty's head in a trash can the next morning 😂
Love how Cutty's Faux Affable in this scene. He's friendly but it's clear it's backhanded and aimed at Anthony to make Anthony feel belittled and insignificant . From the get go he's challenging Anthony. If Anthony rises to it he's succeeded in getting under Anthony's skin , if he doesn't he's succeded in punking out Anthony and exerting authority over him. Intense scene.
Looking back, I can see that Clifton Powell was still on his gangster role era from his ROC days. Whew that was a time! The transition from House Party in a non-speaking role (he played Sharaine's brother at the door when Sidney came by to piick her up for the house party) to have such a strong presence in future roles. man oh man. underrated.
Yeah for some reason he kept trying to work it out with her he was really feeling her but old girl sister was really feeling him that's what happens when you chase people down they really don't respect you much
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 LMFAO! He wasn't big-time enough for the Kellogg's Corn Flakes; hence he had to but the cheap knock-off imitation. He subsequently got knocked down the stairs! Ouch! Great scene, though.
On the cool that's cutty's woman. Ole boy was gone 4 years and didn't contact her and didn't try to. So from cutty's perspective that's his woman and his family.
I can tell y'all youngins don't know shit about psychological warfare. All these comments talking about "Anthony won" when he told Cutty to "shoot me." Smh. That's not a win. In fact, Cutty NOT killing him only humiliated him ever MORE! The reality is that everything Cutty told him, was right. He DID train his woman sexually while he was away and he can't provide. He told him to his FACE he's the reason she's working him like that in the bedroom, why he doesn't deserve it, AND that he doesn't even care about her enough to kill him over his disrespect! Then let him LIVE just to further deal with the reality of his situation even longer. Anthony got up, went back to apartment with the girl he just got humiliated over, and STILL didn't know where the next meal was coming from. If that's a "win" for Anthony, the streets have definitely fell off!
Thank u... These niggas is weird. Anthony was beyond defeated. He'd been questioning his bitch just to have Cut lay it all out for him. And he don't know Anthony, so his bitch been pillow talking it up with him. Anthony still ain't have any bread, his bitch was still in the way and further disrespected him once he got inside... This moment pushed him over the edge and made him lose it all in the end. He didn't win anything here
@@rickiejohnson9744 Folks do it in the streets all the time. Your also missed a key part of who Cutty was. When a Cowboy played Anthony in pool the second time, he mentioned Cutty being the "baddest MF next to Nicky Barnes." Meaning Cutty was running shit.
Cutty's main intention was to humiliate Anthony such as degrading him of not being a "real man" but Anthony did not summit to that such as telling him to kill him right their which I totally admire as Anthony was ready to die with dignity and pride. 😍😎💯👍
