Product Details

• Actors: Joe Morton, Ja Rule, Norman Grant, Ving Rhames, Tia Carrere
• Directors: James Hunter
• Writers: James Hunter, Michael Raffanello
• Producers: Adam Lane, Andrew Reimer, Ari Landau, Charles Bloye, Christina Lambert
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (DTS 5.1)
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: First Look Pictures
• DVD Release Date: May 24, 2005
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007UDC8A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,116 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Back in the Day" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Reggie Cooper is a young man who has seen life from both sides of the tracks. When his father is brutally murdered, he turns to J-Bone, a charismatic gangster and Reggie’s oldest friend and protector from "back in the day." As Reggie begins to slip back into a life of crime, he meets and falls in love with the daughter of a preacher he is suspected of murdering. Reggie is at a crossroads as he is now forced to choose between her and his oldest friend. Triple-Platinum Rap Superstar Ja Rule (The Cookout, Scary Movie 3) plays Reggie and Golden Globe® winner, Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible, Dawn of the Dead), plays J-Bone. Pam Grier (Jackie Brown, The L Word) and Tia Carrere (True Lies) also star in this story of one man’s survival growing up in a violent inner city neighborhood.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Back In the Day, October 15, 2005

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Mr. King "Lit/Comp 9A" (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back in the Day (DVD)

by Tynesha Mells

In this drama, Ja Rule, who stars as Reggie, struggles with the loss of his father. His old friend J-Bone, who is a cold-blooded thug recently released from prison, helps Reggie find who murdered his father. A week after his dad died, a preacher, Reverend Packer, came up dead. Reggie was suppose to be the one to kill him, but did he? Did Reggie kill Reverend Packer or was it some type of a setup?

Back in the Day also has a couple of romantic scenes. See, Reggie falls in love with the preacher's daughter and J-Bone doesn't approve of his love friend. As J-Bone tries to destroy what they have, Reggie learns that love is about forgiveness. But what J-bone is doing, does it work? Do Reggie and his girlfriend break up, or does it bring them closer together?

I like this movie because it leaves you wondering what's going to happen next and did this or that happen. I like movies with suspense! It kind of makes you want to be in the movie so that you could detect things. I also like this movie because everything falls in place, if you really pay attention to it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BQCK N THE DAY, July 31, 2008

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FOXY "FOXY" (CHICAGO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back in the Day (DVD)

THIS WAS A WONDERFUL MOVIE. EVEN ONE SHOULD SEE THIS MOVIE. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THIS MOVIE HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE. PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP IN THE LIFE OF MAKING FAST MONEY, MEN DO CHEAT ON THERE WIVES. THEY SHOULD MAKE A PART TWO OF THIS MOVIE TO SHOW HOW LIFE END UP FOR JA RULE. IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THIS MOVIE YOU SHOULD WATCH IT. YOU WILL ENJOY IT.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ja Rule at his best!!!, May 13, 2005

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Katomi Storm (South Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Back in the Day (DVD)

I just finished watching Back in the Day. I thouroughly enjoyed this movie. I don't care what is said about Ja Rule, but this guy has a natural talent. You can't fake natural talent. I think he's a great addition to films! Ving Rhames did his thing too. What did you expect? He's a veteran! I give much props to each and everyone who had anything to do with this movie...they did a wonderful job!!! EXCELLENT!!!