Straight Outta Compton

September 23rd, 2015

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Straight Outta Compton

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Plot
The group NWA emerges from the streets of Compton, California in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Release Year: 2015

Critic's Score: 70/100

Director: F. Gary Gray

Stars: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell

Storyline
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

Writers: Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff

Cast:
O'Shea Jackson Jr. - Ice Cube
Corey Hawkins - Dr. Dre
Jason Mitchell - Eazy-E
Neil Brown Jr. - Dj Yella
Aldis Hodge - MC Ren
Marlon Yates Jr. - The D.O.C
R. Marcos Taylor - Suge Knight
Carra Patterson - Tomica
Alexandra Shipp - Kim
Paul Giamatti - Jerry Heller
Elena Goode - Nicole
Keith Powers - Tyree
Joshua Brockington - Young Warren G.
Sheldon A. Smith - Warren G.
Keith Stanfield - Snoop