Starring: - Tyrin Turner
- Jada Pinkett Smith
- Vonte Sweet
Description:
Vivid documentary-like anecdotes focusing on a homeboy who is a sociopathic killer and another who tells the story of how their parents' lives also fed the cycle of drug use, casual homicide and monstrous, mind-numbing violence.
Rated MPAA R, running time 97 minutes. Rated BBFC 18 by the British Board of Film Classification. The Criterion Collection Special Edition laserdisc (#CC1371L) includes commentary and a number of short films by the directors, audition and rehearsal footage, storyboards, stills, production information, and the original theatrical trailer. Additionally, this version is the uncut directors' cut of the film, which features footage missing from the theatrical release.
When Caine and O-Dog, two handsome boyz-from-the-hood, breeze into a Korean grocery, the anxious grocer and his watchful wife find their imposing presence troubling. Resentful of the sharp-eyed survelliance and air of suspicion around them, Caine and O-Dog yell epithets at the mom-and-pop owners. Angered by the shouting match and a remark about his mother, trigger-happy O-Dog shoots the grocers. On his way out, Caine grabs the videotape from the store's security camera. Back in the 'hood, O-Dog makes a boastful ritual of showing the tape to friends who find his recklessness funnier than amateur night at the Apollo. But it's just a matter of time before the cops catch up with Caine and O-Dog, especially since Caine's fingerprints were on the 40-ounce bottle he dropped at the scene of the crime.
1. Nigga Gots No Heart - Spice 1
2. Streiht Up Menace - MC Eiht
3. Top Of The World - Kenya Gruv
4. Packin' A Gun - Ant Banks
5. Only The Strong Survive - Too Short
6. You Been Played - Smooth
7. Guerillas Ain't Gangstas - Da Lench Mob
8. Death Becomes You - Pete Rock & CL Smooth with YG'z
9. All Over A Ho - MZ. Kilo
10. Unconditional Love - Hi Five
11. "P" Is Still Free - Boogie Down Productions
12. Pocket Full Of Stones (Port Arthur Remix) - U.G.K. (Underground Kings)
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