Two teenage boys living on a farm in Oklahoma try to keep it together after the death of their mother and their father’s decision to abandon them. The younger and rebellious Tex is prone to living dangerously, while the older and wiser Mason tries to keep him on the straight and narrow. Drama directed by Tim Hunter, starring Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly and Emilio Estevez. (NET - 13.00)

A young African American enlists in the army right out of high school and is sent to Vietnam. After experiencing the horror of war for two years, he returns home only to discover that “normal” life is far from easy and that crime is his only way out. War crime drama directed by Albert and Allen Hughes, starring Larenz Tate, Keith David and Chris Tucker. (ET3 - 0.30)