A group of disparate black men go on a cross country bus trip from LA to the Million Man March in DC. George (Charles S. Dutton) is a Muslim and the trip organizer. Jeremiah Washington (Ossie Davis) is the old timer with regrets. Evan Thomas Sr (Thomas Jefferson Byrd) & Jr (De'aundre Bonds) are court ordered to be shackled together for 72 hours. Kyle (Isaiah Washington) & Randall (Harry Lennix) are a fighting gay couple. Flip (Andre Braugher) is a loud-mouthed actor. Gary (Roger Guenveur Smith) is a light-skinned black LAPD officer. Xavier (Hill Harper) is an UCLA Film School student doing a doc about the trip. Jamal (Gabriel Casseus) is a former gangster turned Muslim. Jay (Bernie Mac) is a bubble gum company owner. Mike (Steve White) is a conspiracy nut who thinks the march is the perfect place for a massacre. Craig (Albert Hall) is the bus driver with a pregnant teenager. When the bus breaks down, the group gets picked up by a white bus driver Rick (Richard Belzer). They pick up car lot owner Wendell (Wendell Pierce) who turns out to be self-serving Republican.
One cannot escape from the feeling that Spike Lee just made up one black guy of every kind, grab a bunch of actors (some good ones), a camera, and start shooting. It feels random. It would be much better to concentrate on one man and let him interact with the group. The disjointed randomness takes away all the flow or any pace. It feels scattered. There are the usual racial issues being discussed. Some of them are very compelling. Lots of which are old discords. It's more than just black and white. A lot of times, it's about black and black. It would just be more compelling if this is more personal with a narrative.
One cannot escape from the feeling that Spike Lee just made up one black guy of every kind, grab a bunch of actors (some good ones), a camera, and start shooting. It feels random. It would be much better to concentrate on one man and let him interact with the group. The disjointed randomness takes away all the flow or any pace. It feels scattered. There are the usual racial issues being discussed. Some of them are very compelling. Lots of which are old discords. It's more than just black and white. A lot of times, it's about black and black. It would just be more compelling if this is more personal with a narrative.