The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 28 wins & 40 nominations total
- Snoop
- (as Lakeith Lee Stanfield)
- Jinx
- (as Cleavon McClendon III)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe actors re-recorded NWA's entire Straight Outta Compton album (with producer Harvey Mason Jr.) to help them get into character.
- GoofsThe opening scene is set in 1986, and Eazy-E is seen wearing the black and white Chicago White Sox hat. However the White Sox did not adopt that logo until 1991.
- Quotes
Eazy-E: Hey, ya'll lookin for Felicia?
Felicia's Man: She in there or what?
Eazy-E: She kinda preoccupied with some real nigga dick.
Felicia's Man: [Revealing the gun] The fuck you say little nigga?
Eazy-E: [Comes out with a machine gun, Cube and Ren behind him with guns too] I said, she got a muthafuckin dick in her mouth nigga!
- Crazy creditsThe only opening credits are graffiti writings of the main characters and their actors.
- Alternate versionsThe "Unrated Director's Cut" is 18 minutes longer than the theatrical release.
What people does not seem to understand is that this is a movie about the rise, and fall of the biggest rap group ever, how they evolved and what power, money, and fame can to a man (and in this case, his relationship to his friends). As much as anything, this movie really is a lot about the abuse that a lot of black males experienced from the police in the 80's (which is still a very relevant topic).
Personally I am a big fan of N.W.A, without that being the reason I am rating this movie 9/10. It is a really interesting true story about some of THE great rap artists of our generation. Great performances by actors who looks a lot like the original group, as well as Paul Giamatti. Great directing, the movie has a really nice action curve, keeping things interesting throughout the movie, and really gives the public a good insight of the life of some of the biggest stars in the world during the 80's/90's.
This is the first time i have ever written an review on IMDb, even though I have a lot of strong opinions about movies, but I really had to come to this movies defence. This is one of those movies I am really expecting to see a 8,3 star rating or something similar, and it really frustrates me to see a lot of people giving this movie unnecessary hate. GREAT MOVIE, if you like N.W.A, it is really worth your while, and if you are not, it is still worth a watch just because of the really intriguing true story that "Straight Out Of Compton" is.
9/10 movie
11/10 will watch again
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- Dec 3, 2016
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Ban Nhạc Rap Huyền Thoại
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles, California, USA(Location)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $161,197,785
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $60,200,180
- Aug 16, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $201,634,991
- Runtime2 hours 27 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1