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Based on James McBride's novel and screenplay, the movie begins in 1983 with Hector Negron (Alonso), a New York City postal worker, standing behind his caged-in window at the post office. When a man approaches and asks for a stamp, Negron shoots him dead with a German Luger. Later, in Negron's apartment, police discover the head of a priceless statue. The rest of the film, a flashback to Italy in 1944, explains how Negron got the statue and why he executed the stranger...
...Negron was a member of the 92nd Infantry Division, the black GIs known as Buffalo Soldiers. Their white captain sends them on a suicide mission against the Nazis, but four of them - Corporal Negron, Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps (Derek Luke), Sergeant Bishop Cummings (Michael Ealy) and Private Sam Train (Omar Benson Miller) - make it across a river and into a remote village. There they fend off the Germans and mix with the locals, especially the fierce Renata (Valentina Cervi), the crafty Partisan Rodolfo (Sergio Albelli) and 8-year-old Angelo (Matteo Sciabordi), whose life Train saves...
...becomes their war when they're in an isolated village with mostly sympathetic Italians. The men certainly can't be indifferent to the atrocities visited on their hosts. One such scene (based on fact, like much of the novel and the movie) leaves the viewer in numbed bereavement. As Negron puts it, "They killed so many, they ran out of bullets. They burnt so many, they ran out of fuel...
...graduate, argues that one of the new Democratic majority’s top priorities should be restoring accountability in government. “The primary mission of the journal is to serve as a home base for progressives to debate,” President and Co-founder Michael A. Negron said yesterday. “It’s a great way to disseminate new ideas.” The publication asked mainly liberal authors to write for the first issue, and Negron said that the journal’s editors do not plan on making it a top priority...
...goals in the final frame until the score read 7-7. The game seemed to be headed for overtime until Haas provided the proverbial nail in the coffin. The ULV offense was led by the duo of juniors Seth Shelton and Andrew McPartland, each recording two goals. Senior Ricardo Negron added one tally and two assists to help the effort. The Leopards’ freshman goaltender Christian Padilla notched a season-high nine blocks in the victory. Junior Chris Ludwick anchored the offense for the Crimson, producing a hat trick in the match-up. Senior John Voith provided two more...