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Boyz n the Hood (1991)
“Boyz n the Hood” is a brilliant story about a group of friends growing up in a Los Angeles ghetto, and that’s exactly what it is. There’s no dramatic plot twists, scenes filled with effects, special techniques used or anything like that. It’s a powerful and mature film that looks at the realistic lives of different friends with them growing up with themes such as violence and crime constantly in their lives, everything seems natural.
Starring Ice Cube as ‘Doughboy’ and Morris Chestnut as Ricky Baker, the half-brothers lead very different lives. Ricky is an athlete who has ambitions to win a football scholarship to USC where as Dough is less-ambitious, remaining involved in the ghetto lifestyle, hanging around with his friends in an environment surrounded by violence and crime.
The film is John Singleton’s first as a director and unlike many modern directors he doesn’t fall in to the trap of spoiling the film with needless effects, the story is a powerful one and the actors fulfil their roles brilliantly, everything seems real which is very important especially in such a powerful and emotional tale where the film’s environment is filled with so many social problems.
A friend of the two brothers is Tre Styles, portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr., he is raised by his father Furious Styles, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne who does his best to raise his son in the best possible way, teaching him lessons to avoid his son getting involved in the problems that surround him.
The mother of Doughboy and Ricky clearly favours Ricky, but this is down to his athletic ability and ambitions to get in to college, unlike doughboy who spends his time on the streets, involved with drugs and alcohol. The relationship within the family, particularly between the two half-brothers is the main theme of the film with the two turning out completely different.
The final scenes are extremely powerful between the two brothers, if you’ve seen it you’ll know what I’m talking about, if not then I recommend that you watch the film now. A brilliant and emotional story that is brilliant for Singleton’s first ever film as a director, perhaps one of the most underrated films I have seen as I have rarely seen any others talk about it yet there aren’t many films that are as mature and emotionally powerful as it in recent years.
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Boyz n the Hood (1991)
“Boyz n the Hood” is a brilliant story about a group of friends growing up in a Los Angeles ghetto, and that’s exactly what it is. There’s no dramatic plot twists, scenes filled with effects, special techniques used or anything like that. It’s a powerful and mature film that looks at the realistic lives of different friends with them growing up with themes such as violence and crime constantly in their lives, everything seems natural.
Starring Ice Cube as ‘Doughboy’ and Morris Chestnut as Ricky Baker, the half-brothers lead very different lives. Ricky is an athlete who has ambitions to win a football scholarship to USC where as Dough is less-ambitious, remaining involved in the ghetto lifestyle, hanging around with his friends in an environment surrounded by violence and crime.
The film is John Singleton’s first as a director and unlike many modern directors he doesn’t fall in to the trap of spoiling the film with needless effects, the story is a powerful one and the actors fulfil their roles brilliantly, everything seems real which is very important especially in such a powerful and emotional tale where the film’s environment is filled with so many social problems.
A friend of the two brothers is Tre Styles, portrayed by Cuba Gooding Jr., he is raised by his father Furious Styles, portrayed by Laurence Fishburne who does his best to raise his son in the best possible way, teaching him lessons to avoid his son getting involved in the problems that surround him.
The mother of Doughboy and Ricky clearly favours Ricky, but this is down to his athletic ability and ambitions to get in to college, unlike doughboy who spends his time on the streets, involved with drugs and alcohol. The relationship within the family, particularly between the two half-brothers is the main theme of the film with the two turning out completely different.
The final scenes are extremely powerful between the two brothers, if you’ve seen it you’ll know what I’m talking about, if not then I recommend that you watch the film now. A brilliant and emotional story that is brilliant for Singleton’s first ever film as a director, perhaps one of the most underrated films I have seen as I have rarely seen any others talk about it yet there aren’t many films that are as mature and emotionally powerful as it in recent years.
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