Movie
Boyz n the Hood
Overview
In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...
Details
- Release date
- 1991-07-12
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Tré Styles
- Laurence Fishburne as Furious Styles
- Ice Cube as Doughboy
- Morris Chestnut as Ricky Baker
- Angela Bassett as Reva Styles
- Nia Long as Brandi
- Tyra Ferrell as Mrs. Baker
- Regina King as Shalika
- Meta King as Brandi's Mom
- Whitman Mayo as The Old Man
- Hudhail Al-Amir as S.A.T. Man
- Lloyd Avery II as Knucklehead #2
Crew
- John Singleton - Director
- John Singleton - Writer
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