Rotten
There is no indication that Mr. Sheen ever yelled "Cut!" when he had a chance to send one of his actors over the top.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Cadence
Sometimes you've got to stand out to fit in.
1990 · 1h 37m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Martin Sheen
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Cadence
Overview
As punishment for drunken, rebellious behavior, a young white soldier is thrown into a stockade populated entirely by black inmates. But instead of falling victim to racial hatred, the soldier joins forces with his fellow prisoners and rises up against the insanely tyrannical and bigoted prison warden.
Director and cast
- Martin Sheen Director
- Charlie Sheen as Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean
- Martin Sheen as MSgt. Otis V. McKinney
- Laurence Fishburne as Roosevelt Stokes
- Blu Mankuma as Eugene 'Spoonman' Bryce
- Michael Beach as Edward James Webb
- Harry Stewart as Harry 'Sweetbread' Crane
- James Marshall as Cpl. Harold Lamar
- Ramon Estevez as Cpl. Gerald Gessner
- Lochlyn Munro as Bartender
- Matt Clark as Bean Sr.
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
46%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A sluggish comedy of race relations from the sappy Sheens, it's instant fodder for In Living Color's satirical Wayans.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rotten
Emotions in this film operate on a made-for-TV level; they don't engage you.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
There's no real feel for period (the mid-'60s), and that dull Sheen psychodrama doesn't go away.
Time Out
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