Director: F. Gary Gray
Writers: Jonathan Herman (screenplay), Andrea Berloff (screenplay), 3 more credits
Stars: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell | See full cast and crew
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.Movie Reviews
I just created an IMDb
account specifically to point out the following issue I see here on the
User Reviews section for this film.
Me and my roommate just watched Straight Outta Compton and it was a fantastic picture. I would've sat for 2 more hours watching the extended version, which I hope is someday released. Now, after every incredible film I watch, I'll check IMDb to see what others are saying and I noticed that even with all of the positive reviews from all over the internet, the IMDb user reviews section of this movie is thickly littered with 1 Star reviews. That seemed odd to me, until I started noticing a pattern. Each of these 1 Star reviews all carry the words "adult", "shame", "disgusting", etc. Furthermore, each of these reviews feature bad punctuation and almost ALWAYS have the final sentence of the review ending with "!." An exclamation point AND a period? That's not right. But doing the math, it seems like one person is trying to sabotage the reviews section of this film. What I'm getting at is that maybe someone is trying to smear this film. I'm getting the feeling that perhaps this film wasn't supposed to be a success because of the deep messages it speaks about in regards to police brutality, issues of freedom of speech, and minority oppression. This is a very important and powerful film and I don't think a select group of people are excited about it.
Welp, those are my thoughts. Aside from that, I think the movie kicked ass. So go see it.
Me and my roommate just watched Straight Outta Compton and it was a fantastic picture. I would've sat for 2 more hours watching the extended version, which I hope is someday released. Now, after every incredible film I watch, I'll check IMDb to see what others are saying and I noticed that even with all of the positive reviews from all over the internet, the IMDb user reviews section of this movie is thickly littered with 1 Star reviews. That seemed odd to me, until I started noticing a pattern. Each of these 1 Star reviews all carry the words "adult", "shame", "disgusting", etc. Furthermore, each of these reviews feature bad punctuation and almost ALWAYS have the final sentence of the review ending with "!." An exclamation point AND a period? That's not right. But doing the math, it seems like one person is trying to sabotage the reviews section of this film. What I'm getting at is that maybe someone is trying to smear this film. I'm getting the feeling that perhaps this film wasn't supposed to be a success because of the deep messages it speaks about in regards to police brutality, issues of freedom of speech, and minority oppression. This is a very important and powerful film and I don't think a select group of people are excited about it.
Welp, those are my thoughts. Aside from that, I think the movie kicked ass. So go see it.
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