Boyz n the Hood
Once upon a time in South Central L.A... It ain't no fairy tale.
7.6 / 10
112 minutes
1991-07-12
English
US
Actors :
Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Angela Bassett, Nia Long, Tyra Ferrell, Alysia Rogers, Regina King, Lexie Bigham, Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, John Cothran, Vonte Sweet, Yolanda Whitaker, Esther Scott
Description
In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...
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Reviews
John Chard
5/16/2024, 3:22:22 PM
Rick, it's the Nineties. Can't afford to be afraid of our own people anymore, man. 1991 "One out of every twenty-one Black American males will be murdered in their lifetime" "Most will die at the hands of another Black male" "Increase The Peace" is the closing message of John Singleton's powerful, intelligent and affecting call for calm in South Central Los Angeles. Often mistakenly...
GenerationofSwine
1/14/2023, 1:16:02 AM
John Singleton really isn't my thing. I mean, the movie came out in '91 but didn't get much exposure out in the country where I grew up until it was on HBO. However "Poetic Justice" DID and when I finally came around to watching "Boyz n the Hood" I had extremely low expectations. I honestly thought it was going to be as absolutely pointless as "Poetic Justice" was. And, yeah, I did kind of l...