The film depicts a nightmarish world in which poverty in one generation is passed on to the next, with the cruel, costly, and inefficient “war on drugs” facilitating the process. Poor people, often African-Americans, cannot find jobs or have returned from military service without skills or employment contacts.
该片描绘了一个噩梦般的世界，贫穷从一代人传给下一代，残酷的、费时费力的、事倍功半的“毒品战争”贯穿着整个过程。穷人——通常是非洲裔美国人——在从军队退役后由于无一技之长和雇用合同而无法找到工作。他们陷入了贫穷，并转向了毒品。