Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

This is the story of how NWA came to be in the mid 1980' s. How the hip hop culture was revolutionized.

I give this movie a 4.5 out of 5. This movie is not for kids.

Starring O'Shea Jackson Jr. (Ingrid Goes West, Den of Thieves, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Flarsky) as Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins (Kong: Skull Island, Iron Man 3, Non-Stop, Georgetown) as Dr. Dre, Jason Mitchell (Mudbound, Detroit, Kong: Skull Island, Mustang) as Eazy-E, Neil Brown Jr. (SEAL Team, Insecure, Dirk Gently' s Holistic Detective Agency, LAbyrinth) as DJ Yella, Aldis Hodge (Hidden Figures, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Leverage, Medal of Honor) as MC Ren, Marlon Yates Jr. (Will to Love, Kocktails with Khloe, The Bobby Brown Story) as D.O.C.,  R. Marcos Taylor (Luke Cage, Baby Driver, Step Up: High Water, Anger Management) as Suge Knight, Carra Patterson (Why Did I Married Too?, Ambition' s Debt, How to Tell You' re a Douchbag, The Arrangement) as Tomica, Alexandra Shipp (X-Men movies, Tragedy Girls, Shaft, A Dog' s Way Home) as Kim, Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Cinderella Man, 12 Years a Slave, American Splendor) as Jerry Heller, Elena Goode (The Dictator, As the World Turns, Elliot Loves, Blue Bloods) as Nicole, Keith Powers (Before I Fall, Famous in Love, Faking It, Tales) as Tyree, introducing Joshua Brockington in When We Rise as Young Warren G, Sheldon A. Smith (Face 2 Face, Keep the Faith, Brotherly Love, Like Blood) as Warren G and Lakeith Stanfield (Short Term 12, Selma, Death Note, Get Out) as Snoop.






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