Juice
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.
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- Cast：
- Omar Epps , Tupac Shakur , Khalil Kain , Samuel L. Jackson , Queen Latifah , Vincent Laresca , Michael Badalucco
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Very well executed
Too much of everything
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
This 1992 crime drama stars Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine Hopkins and Khalil Kain. This focuses on 4 Harlem teen buddies, Q (Epps), Bishop (Shakur), Steel (Hopkins) and Raheem (Kain) who decide to rob a convenient store one Saturday night. Things take an unexpected turn when Bishop is hooked to the thrill of the gun killing the clerk and others. Q finds himself in a nightmare when Bishop not only threatens him, but also tries pinning the murders on him. Samuel L. Jackson and Queen Latifah also appear. This is a pretty good film with some tense and humorous moments and Epps & the late, Shakur are great in it. I recommend this.
I think people should pay attention to my review because I am a young adult, a teenager who lives in New York and can relate to a few topics in this movie.Three things that I thought were good from the movie were the dialogue, the actors especially Tupac as an actor and Omar Epps and the places where the movie took place.This movie accurately shows the teenage life in New York because it shows how kids be skipping school, spending more time in the streets than home and how their day one "bros" be switching up on them and how they deal with their situations in the hood. One thing I think it was bad it was the play and the role of the Spanish dude Radames because he over did some stuff, and the way he talked and how hard he tried to be tough.
When this came out I was a hip hop submerged teenager and I thought this was the greatest movie of all time, now as a old fogey approaching 40 this movie brings back great memories but its pretty rubbish.Tupac shows his crazy side and to be fair he did a decent job of showing the tormented evil within.The soundtrack still stands up, the Bass in the Eric B and Rakim track still gives me goosebumps.All in all I think old sod's like me that grew up in the golden era of hop hop will use this to reminisce, and young kids obsessed with lil wayne, Tyga and whatever rubbish passes as hip hop today will think its daft.Worth a watch, just.
This movie was a complete disappointment to me. Granted, I was born in 1993 and never got the witness the 2Pac era. From everything I read, 2Pac is a very intelligent and self educated man, but his acting in this role doesn't impress me. He is basically portraying the gangster image he portrays in his rap music. He didn't have to go too far out of his bubble. The plot was very basic and I was vastly disappointed. It's the kind of plot that has been reused so many times, except this one doesn't have any added elements that will keep you watching until the end, EXCEPT for Tupac Shakur (because of how influential he was at the time). There are far more superior gangster movies out there. Don't be deceived by this cast. Some names will make it very appealing but in the end, it will not be worth it.
