Boyz N the Hood. (McCormick's Quick Takes).Boyz N the Hood (Columbia, 1991). Director/writer John Singleton's unflinching look at the life of three young men growing up amidst the chaos and crime of inner-city Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. follows half brothers Doughboy (Ice Cube) and Ricky Baker (Morris Chestnut) and their friend Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.). While Ricky hopes to escape the desolation around him with a sports scholarship to USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , Doughboy is getting lost in a deepening morass of booze Booze sold cheap whiskey in a log-cabin bottle. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 152–153] See : Drunkenness , violence, and crime. Tre, on the other hand, has a fierce mentor and protector in his father (Laurence Fishburne Laurence John Fishburne III[1] (born July 30 1961) is an American Academy Award-nominated, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor of screen and stage, as well as playwright, director, and producer. ), who is determined to give his son the character and moral compass he will need to make his way in the "hood" and beyond. *** 1/2 |
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