Fox Movies

The CHARACTER

Usher plays the star of the basketball team, and "the group's unlikely leader", Lester. If you want to have more information about his character you can go to Fox Movies - Lester to see him.

Of course, I have a few pictures that I got from here and there. You can click for the bigger version.

Lester in a hat Lester in a car Different picture, same hat

The SOUNDTRACK

Light It Up

Of course there would have to be a soundtrack to light up your stereo, you can read all about it and hear samples from either

Elektra or Yab Yum

Elektra Yab Yum Records

The STORY (borrowed from Fox Movies)

A neglected high school in Queens, New York. A favorite teacher is suspended. Suddenly, six disparate students - a student council member, a punk-rocker, a hustler, a star basketball player, a gangbanger and a gifted artist - are bound together in a battle none of them ever imagined they would fight.

The students barricade themselves inside the school. As the police, media and eyes of the country zero in on the sensational crisis, the students realize for the first time in their young lives that their voices might actually be heard. The question then becomes, What do they have to say?

What quickly escalated from a simple protest to a hostage situation takes a startling turn as the students stand their ground and make a statement. After a lifetime of injustice over which they’ve had no control, the students use their negotiating power to ask not for money, nor to gain immunity, but to demand their right to receive a decent education.

Even the police officer they reluctantly take hostage is compelled to empathize with the students as he learns what brought them here and supports their need to be heard. Ultimately the officer puts his life in jeopardy to help them.

R&B singing phenomenon Usher Raymond, who made his big screen debut in Robert Rodriguez’s "The Faculty," has his first motion picture starring role as the group’s unlikely leader, Lester, the school’s star basketball player. Joining the Grammy nominee are Rosario Dawson ("He Got Game," "Kids") as Stephanie, the brainy beauty who tries to rationalize and diminish the impending chaos while helping the wounded cop; film newcomer Robert Ri’chard (Nickelodeon’s "Cousin Skeeter") as the sensitive artist, Ziggy, who unwittingly causes the accidental shooting; Clifton Collins, Jr. ("187," "The Replacement Killers") as Rivers, the hip, wheeler-dealer who sides with Lester; Rap musician Fredro Starr ("Sunset Park," "Clockers") as Rodney, the gang member with a lengthy rap sheet and an itchy trigger finger; and Sara Gilbert ("Poison Ivy," TV’s "Roseanne") as Lynn, the pregnant teen who inadvertently becomes part of the crisis.

I hope to see all you Usher fans there to support him! -Tabia