It revolves around Odin "Othello" (Mekhi Phifer). He goes to an esteemed prep school which is located in America. In the story Odin is on the basketball team, from the story you can see that he was accepted for his ability to bring glory to them on the basketball court. The antagonist of the story is Hugo "Iago" (Josh Hartnett).

Some say that Jealousy is a dangerous emotion. In this case one could say it really is. The affection of Hugo's father, who is also the coach of the basketball team is enough to cause a spark. There is a part in the movie where the coach (Martin Sheen), says of Odin, "I love him like my own son." Hugo has the ability to manipulate people to do his own doing. This is a part where the movie itself lacks a bit. The ease he has with convincing people makes it look like he is not manipulating them, but merely playing upon their sense of gullibility. From then on Hugo begins a path of manipulation and deceit towards his o

wn plans, which will bring about the destruction of Odin.

The way Hugo brings about this is working towards Odin's soft spot. This is Desi (Julia Stiles) whom is the woman that Odin loves. He works his manipulative games by subtly leaving hints to Odin that Desi is cheating on him, when in reality she really isn't. Hugo also enlists in the help of his roommate Roger Rodriguez (Elden Henson of "The Mighty" in the Rodrigo role), to bring Odin down.

The story was pretty well put together. It worked well in a modernization. The little things made it nice though. For instance, nick naming the coach "Duke" worked rather well. Like I said earlier the thing that I disliked was the gullibility of the other characters. I believe that they didn't really capture the manipulative nature of Iago as much as they could of. The ending scene worked out perfectly though. Even though it was a rather violent scene with the murders that went on I have to say I liked the ending oddly enough. Seeing Mekhi ramble on about how he never was involved in gangs and his mother never took drugs was just a nice effect. It was saddening to see him kill Desi but then again it is a

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