Quite surprised to see the ratings of this: 4.4/10 (current rating) is by no means an indication of the quality of the movie.
Sure it doesn't exactly wrap things up as neatly as perhaps I'd wish it had but the ride is good, especially the first 50 minutes which is excellent.
If you don't like rap-music I can see you struggling with this one though cause there's a lot of rap-performances in it but it always seem like they have a meaning to them not just put in there randomly to fill up the running-time, and the lyrics definitely portrays the characters in the movie accurately as well.
And the music is great, Ron Brice as I is excellent and I went looking to see if he's released any music outside of the movie but can't find any which is a shame and very surprising cause he's got serious story-telling skills that the rappers of today could only dream about having.
If you like movies like JUICE (1992) and 8 MILE (2002) then it's well worth checking out, although it's not really a easy movie to find unfortunately.
Sure it doesn't exactly wrap things up as neatly as perhaps I'd wish it had but the ride is good, especially the first 50 minutes which is excellent.
If you don't like rap-music I can see you struggling with this one though cause there's a lot of rap-performances in it but it always seem like they have a meaning to them not just put in there randomly to fill up the running-time, and the lyrics definitely portrays the characters in the movie accurately as well.
And the music is great, Ron Brice as I is excellent and I went looking to see if he's released any music outside of the movie but can't find any which is a shame and very surprising cause he's got serious story-telling skills that the rappers of today could only dream about having.
If you like movies like JUICE (1992) and 8 MILE (2002) then it's well worth checking out, although it's not really a easy movie to find unfortunately.