![]() ![]() ![]() Joel, sensing he's at a crossroads, heads for New York to visit his childhood friend K (Kadeem Hardison of "A Different World"). He has an advantage, since he not only directed but also wrote the script and stars as Joel, a divinity student from a quiet North Carolina town who experiences some last-minute doubts about his calling. There are some familiar conventions, but Bond brings to "Def" depth and emotional detail generally absent from such films. A few years ago, Kathryn Bigelow brought new blood to the vampire thriller with "Near Dark," and James Bond III has done the same with "Def by Temptation," a contemporary black horror film that's light-years ahead of "Blacula" and "Scream, Blacula, Scream!," which established this genre offshoot in the very early '70s. Genre films are often the last refuge of the hack director, but once in a while they can be the spawning ground for a major new talent. ![]()
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