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South Central (1992)

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Glenn Plummer delivers a powerful performance in this angry film based on Crips, a novel written by South Central Los Angeles high school teacher Donald Baker, and directed by Steve Anderson, who served time in prison. Plummer plays Bobby, a young black man trapped in a self-perpetuating cycle of hatred, incarceration, and bloodshed. On his first day out of prison, he comes back to the streets of South Central LA and the only family he knows --the gang. He finds that his best friend Ray-Ray

R, 1 hr. 39 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

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Jul 27, 1999

Warner Home Video

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Now this is Gangsta...Drama 4 your Mama Type...Good 4 old and young ^_^

August 8, 2007
EightThirty

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This has been sitting on my shelf and I haven't seen it years. I forgot how good this movie really is. It 's a great depiction of a true story and was very underrated at the time of it's release.

December 18, 2009

    1. Bobby Johnson: He isn't a duce, he's a mothafuckin' shermhead.
    – Submitted by Rick A (5 months ago)

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