FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Boyz N The Hood 

Few experiences hurt you more than when a parent looks at their own child and fears for their future. In some neighbourhoods of American cities, where a certain percentage of young people die by the guns of other young people, mostly young men, it is also no longer a question of whether the child is good or bad at school. Or whether he or she can have a career. It's about whether the child lives or dies. In Boyz N the Hood, when the mother observes her bright boy, on the cusp of adulthood, starting to listen to his annoying friends instead of HER - she decides to send the son to live with the father. The father works as a mortgage broker in an office on the outskirts of town. A smart and angry man. A disciplinarian who sets rules for his son. But then, out on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles, the son learns different rules.... He matures into a teenager. His best friends are half-brothers. One is a sportsman who slowly drifts away and starts taking drugs. Until then, the friends stayed away from the street gangs. Until then, they went their own way. But everywhere there is the possibility that words become insults and insults lead to the need to prove one's "manliness". With weapons. In general, someone is shot everywhere. These are the most blatant choices in John Singleton's "Boyz N the Hood", one of the best films of the 90s. The film serves as a thoughtful, realistic look at the life of a young man. It is a human drama of rare power! Singleton finds his own subject (those who read more about it know it is autobiographical) and his own style. The hero's name is Tre Styles (Cuba Gooding Jr.), his father Furious Styles (Larry Fishburne), who himself grew up in the neighbourhood. He survived in two ways: 1. the gangs of his youth. 2. the prevailing gentrification as a realtor. He also names the dangers for his son: gangs, drugs, false friends. Furious sets strict rules, but can't be everywhere. Over the course of two summer weeks, everything comes together in Tre's life. Everything is put to the test: His first love, his relationship with his father, his friendships and the street gangs. Always we understand all the characters, know what they are thinking and feeling. An inferior film would probably have worked with good and evil and built up a showdown at the end. Not so Singleton's film. He is concerned with understanding what is happening and why.