Cole (Caleb McLaughlin) was such a recalcitrant juvenile delinquent that his mother Amahle (Liz Priestley) finally gave up. She decided to drive him from Detroit to Philadelphia to deliver him to the doorstep of his estranged father Harp (Idris Elba). On his first night there, Harp brusquely let him sleep on a couch in the living room which he shared with a spirited horse.
It turned out that Harp was one of a small group of urban cowboys who lived and worked in the old horse stables that remain to exist within the city. Cole tried to learn the cowboy trade and even learned to break a wild stallion, but unfortunately, he also hung out with a local drug pusher Smush (Jharrel Jerome) he knew from before.
19 year-old actor Caleb McLaughlin (from Netflix series "Stranger Things") had a strong feature film debut in the central character of Cole. Aside from his emotional scenes with his parents, that scene cleaning out the stables was physically exhausting. As Harp, Idris Elba had fewer scenes than expected, but he made his presence felt whenever he was on, especially in that quiet scene when Harp was telling Cole the story how he was named.
One of the best scenes was that honest scene where Harp and his friends like Nessie (Lorraine Toussaint) and Rome (Byron Bowers) were talking about their lifestyle as urban cowboys around a bonfire felt very sincere and real. This was even more impressive when I learned that the other cowboys there were non-professional actors, like wheelchair-bound Paris (Jamil Prattis) whose screen presence matched the pros.
When the cliche storyline of a typical coming-of-age of a rebellious African-American teenager became apparent from the very start, this film did not seem promising at all. When there was a side plot about the drug trade introduced, the worse the outlook became. However, when the story focused on the life, history and plight of the city cowboys of Philadelphia, that was when the film came to life. 6/10.
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