Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Masterful Movie

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Great movie!! The ending song is one of my favorites by Ice Cube. I don't agree with the reason why there are liquor stores and gun stores on every block. It's called supply and demand. Don't buy them and they won't be there. Typical playing everyone but yourself. Explains why Reagan was shot at in the beginning.

The first movie by John Singleton it is also the first movie that clearly portrays the life in a poor black neighborhood. If it seems to you now like it includes some formula like parts, remember that this is the movie that created this "formula" by which many other hood movies got filmed.It is done in a wonderful way. While some elements of this life are already very well known to the point that they may become a cliche in a movie, in this case the director manages to portray it all very realistic and easy to connect to the people in the movie. There is great acting and a special mention should be of Ice Cube for whom this was his acting debut. He portrays Dough in a brilliant way. He may be the guy who went the wrong road but we can see him being a good person and not having made these choices just on his own but being part of the system that pushed him into it. No wonder Ice Cube continued his acting career and is pretty successful.Definitely a nice classic from the 90's that I recommend to people who want to watch a realistic and dramatic movie that makes one both think and feel

Boyz N the Hood is a very good drama about surviving a bad environment and choices we make. Now I have no personal connection to the movie as far as where or how I was raised. However I did find it to be a very well directed and written story. The movie comes off authentic. John Singleton did a wonderful job on the script showing the many different elements, characters, and story lines. I also like that he spent time showing the characters young growing up in the environment and older growing up in the environment. It has wonderful cast with wonderful performances by Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Angela Bassett, Morris Chestnut, and incredible performance by Lawrence Fishburn. I have seen Boyz N the Hood several times over the years and find it to be very deep and meaningful each time. John Singleton said in the commentary of the movie that this was the most personal movie, and it shows. It is one of his best movies. It is a very good drama.

There's so many ways you mess up what this movie tries to do, as can be seen in the many movies made after it in a similar setting. This movie is set on the streets, but it's not taking sides. It's not a romantic look at the life of the street thug, nor is it a patronizing tale of morals. It does not paint a picture of one group (the poor) against another (the rich). It's people in a community, and that community consists of all sorts of people, and they're all forced to face the reality they are in. I am in no position to judge how close to reality this movie is, but it all feels authentic.There are some great performances in this movie, and that goes all around. The big players and the bit parts are all played as if the characters were made especially for the actors. And all the characters feel like real human beings with struggles both big and small.