New York Times
"...A very flashy debut....Crackling ensemble acting..." 05/26/1993 p.C13Rolling Stone
"...Groundbreaking..." 07/08/1993 p.121 Variety
"...Fierce, violent and searing in its observation, the film makes all previous excursions seem like a walk in the park....There is a poetry to the images that is immediate and visceral..." 05/17/1993 Chicago Sun-Times
"...As well-directed a film as you'll see from America this year, an unsentimental and yet completely involving story of a young man who cannot see a way around his fate..." 05/26/1993 p.37 Uncut
"Along with BOYZ N THE HOOD, this marks the film world's awakening to a dark period of gang violence in early-'90s LA." 09/01/2004 p.142 | 
