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Not only is this movie underrated, but it is under appreciated

posted 10 years ago by lonnyg773
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Just watched this movie again on Bounce TV and I have to say kudos to author Donald Bakeer for writing his novel based on the Crips as well as writer/director Stephen Anderson on making this film. When I first saw this movie when I was 12 I actually was more fascinated with the gang violence than the overall message to the point where I started quoting little Jay Rock at times at my middle school. After growing up and seeing first hand what crime and drugs can do to a community and the people living in it, I have a new respect for this movie. It brings a feel of realism that you do not get in a lot of films today. It hits home every time I watch it.

If you think this movie is not real then maybe its because you're from the suburbs or some other country that can't relate to life in the inner city because its not your reality. This is not one of those movies where an action hero kills the bad guy with catchy punchlines and buildings blowing up. If that's what your looking for then rent a Die Hard movie or something.

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[–] lonnyg773 10 years ago

Just like the TV show Breaking Bad hits home for you because you have meth addicts in your family???? So one dimensional its not even funny anymore...

[–] dnaceva 10 years ago

You're a dickhead

[–] saturnchick 9 years ago

I was really disappointed by this movie. Just watched it again last night, and it seems so dated. The acting is so preachy and wooden. Menace II Society and Boyz n the Hood are far superior.

Screws fall out all of the time. The world's an imperfect place.

[–] TheGoldenChild1986 9 years ago

Boyz N The Hood and Menace II Society are HUGE films for the Black community of which I am apart of.

Those films and South Central were trying to show America in and outside of the hood what Blacks go through on a daily basis with different tones.

If you were a Black male growing up in the hood or just being a Black man period, you wouldn't say South Central was too preachy.

All that stuff that Bobby was saying to Jimmie near the end of the film and what Ali was saying to Bobby while they were incarcerated, was some true s*** that Black young males back in 1992 and today NEED to hear.

This movie is old as hell, but a lot of the concepts in here such as being a good father to inner city Black males is so true.

A lot of your Crips and Bloods in South Central LA are products of broken homes, which includes absent and down right gut-bucket fathers.

As well as mothers who keep bringing sorry ass men around they kids, smoking weed and using more potent drugs. And drinking 40s, St. Ides, Olde English, Colt 45, Hennessy and other hard liquor in front of they kids.

Jimmie's mother was a hoe and barely cared about him. And his dad was in jail. You wonder why Bobby's speech near the end of the film still stands up today. Preachy my behind.

[–] saturnchick 9 years ago

Okay. I'm not a black male.

I still don't like the movie for the reasons I've already stated above.

[–] matt21-690-602571 9 years ago

TROLLtastic post, my man! I'd be thrilled to read an essay of you explaining all the ins and outs of inner city life that is too complex for us squares to understand...I'll go rent Die Hard.

[–] HelpMeRhonda (1158) 6 years ago

Great movie. Although flawed in some ways, the positives far outweigh some of the poorly read dialogue, which to me is really the only memorable flaw.

From the one prison scenes (“This a OG call....I’m taking him.”, “Are you prepared to walk alone like a man has to?”) to the climax with Glenn Plummer’s speech (“There’s no coming back from that.”), this movie’s dialogue has it all, and it really drives the message home.