This is the truth. This is what's real.
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
DramaCrimeThrillerdrug dealerstreet ganggangsterghettodelinquencylos angeles, californiashockingangryaggressivehopelessdesperatecautionary
- Graphic violence
- Bleak ending
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Character
Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Tyrin TurnerCaine 'Kaydee' Lawson
- Larenz TateKevin 'O-Dog'
- Glenn PlummerPernell
- Jada Pinkett SmithRonnie
- Samuel L. JacksonTat Lawson
- June Kyoto LuGrocery Store Woman
- Toshi TodaGrocery Store Man
- Reginald BallardClyde
- Khandi AlexanderKaren Lawson
- Jullian Roy DosterAnthony
Crew
- Allen HughesDirector
- Albert HughesDirector
- Tyger WilliamsScreenplay
- Lisa RinzlerDirector of Photography
- Quincy Jones IIIOriginal Music Composer
- Christopher KoefoedEditor
- Darin ScottProducer
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