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South Central

1992 · 99 min

Crime, Drama

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.

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Appeals to viewers drawn to grounded social dramas about breaking inherited violence through personal accountability and hard-won family reconciliation.

Tone
bleak, tense, bittersweet
Payoff
catharsis, reflection
Pacing
steady
Intensity
intense
Structure
linear
Themes
redemption, fatherhood, gang loyalty, incarceration, cycles of violence
Setting
late twentieth-century, South Central Los Angeles streets and prison communities

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