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Features: DVD
Directed by twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes, this critically acclaimed cinematic masterpiece brilliantly details real life in today's tough Inner city. With powerhouse performances by Tyrin Turner (Deep Cover, Panther), Larenz Tate (Dead Presidents, Love Jones) and Jada Pinkett (Nutty Professor, Set It Off, Scream 2), the film also features dynamite supporting roles by Charles S. Dutton (Mimic, A Time To Kill) and Bill Duke (Predator).
"...the atmosphere of tension and random brutality is captured with searing authenticity." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"A hot-off-the-streets update of Scarface." Jay Carr, Boston Globe
"One of the year's most important films!" Siskel & Ebert
"An even better, braver film than Boyz 'N The Hood." Michael Medved, Sneak Previews
Editor's Note
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.
Plot Summary
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.
| Features | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French | | Star Highlights | | Hughes Brothers Interview | | Widescreen And Standard Versions | | Interactive Menus | | Theatrical Trailers | | Cast And Film Bios |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 9/14/2004 |
| Running Time: 104 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1993 | | Catalog ID: 4165 | | UPC: 00794043416521 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Independent Spirit (1994) |  | Lisa Rinzler, Winner, Best Cinematographer | | | Suzy Amis, Nominee, Best Female Lead | | | Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes, Darin Scott, Nominee, Best First Feature | | | Tyrin Turner, Nominee, Best Male Lead |
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| | Professional Reviews | 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 Washington Post 9 of 10
Like a flipped coin spinning through the air...[the film] is a hypnotic juxtaposition. It's maddening and enlivening. It's brilliant and tacky, It's funny and horrifying. It will gratify the worst elements in the crowd; it will engage the very best. - Desson Howe
Rolling Stone 9 of 10
Nothing the Hughes brothers have done...prepares you for the controlled intensity and maturity they bring to their stunning feature debut. They know how to pace a scene and give it shape and sting...they flaunt talent that seems unstoppable. - Peter Travers
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