From the past you will not escape. The very idea of this film is interesting. Show how the little-educated African-American lives, who once went into a recruiting office, enlisted in the army (" Uncle Sam needs you), went a couple of times to hot spots, and then returned to his ghetto.
Whether it was possible to implement this idea qualitatively - I am not sure. But in any case, we can understand that the lives of the lower strata of American society are terrible. There is no education, there is no normal work. But on every corner there are drag dealers, they are covered by gangs. The young Negro has little choice, either to starve or to be involved in crime. And crime is such a system that it doesn't just let go. Even if you joined the army and became a tough Marine. A real jarhedad.
The cast in the film is weak, the budget also seems small. Therefore, some scenes the director simply could not shoot normally, for example, a showdown between drag dealers with the use of firearms. Getting a bullet in the body takes money.
11:55 is the time when the last bus from New York arrives in the small town. It is at this time that the fate of the protagonist will be decided. A matter of life and death.
Before us passes one day in his life, culminating in a meeting with the suddenly overtaken past. The denouement is quite strange, I even thought illogical, but apparently, the director and writer of the script decided that if you follow the logic, the film will turn out completely black. There is a silver lining.
4 out of 10