The Inspection
Ellis French is a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.
- 6.2
- 2022
- Released
- 1h 35m
Jeremy Pope
Ellis French
Gabrielle Union
Inez French
Bokeem Woodbine
Laws
Raúl Castillo
Rosales
McCaul Lombardi
Harvey
Nicholas Logan
Brooks
Eman Esfandi
Ismail
Aaron Dominguez
Castro
Aubrey Joseph
Boles
Andrew Kai
Label
Tyler Merritt
Shamus
Steve Mokate
Colonel Casey
Brad Napp
Graduation OfficerDaniel Williamson
PMI
Wynn Reichert
ChaplainReginald Murray
VeteranChase Van Velkinburgh
Opioid AddictEddie Plaza
Bam BamKrystal LaBeija
MyaAlex Mugler
Kassandra
Becky Boxer
Dettman's Wife (uncredited)
Jered Meeks
Marine (uncredited)Stephen Thaxton
Drill Instructor (uncredited)Niquitta S. Wolfe
Graduation Attendee (uncredited)
Released
en
$270,613.00
- #friendship
- #homophobia
- #marine
- #lgbt
- #semi autobiographical
- #lgbt in the military
- #mother son relationship
- #gay theme
Reviews
"French" (Jeremy Pope) is an itinerant gay man who, estranged from his prison office mother "Inez" (Gabrielle Union), has concluded that the only way to stop himself becoming subsumed into an underworld of drugs, disease and most likely death, is to join the US Marines. Having failed at just about everything else, his mother is somewhat sceptical, but to bootcamp he goes where he encounters the st