The director John Singleton uses the experiences of a father and son, Tre and Furious, to depict how a Black community comes undone. By Lawrence Ware When John Singleton’s first film, “Boyz N ...

Almost every performance in ”Boyz N the Hood” is first-rate; only Angela Bassett as Tre`s divorced mother comes across as stiff. It`s always risky to proclaim a new force in film based upon ...

Henson and Terrence Howard. Before her quick scenes in Boyz n the Hood as Tre’s mom, Bassett was using her acting chops in TV series and TV movies. (She was in a few episodes of The Cosby Show ...

Tre and Ricky walk to the store as the postman ... Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ice Cube in “Boyz N the Hood.” (Columbia Picture) Well, Ricky gets shot (see the whole zig-zag thing or lack thereof ...

“Boyz ‘n the Hood” brims with unforgettable characters, played by top-notch actors, some in star-making roles: Cuba Gooding, Jr., as Tre Styles, a smart, restless youngster sent by his young ...

On July 12, 1991, Columbia brought John Singleton's R-rated drama Boyz n the Hood to theaters, with Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr. ... Tre’s likeable friends are a diverse lot: ...

But one interesting dynamic in Boyz n the Hood is the juxtaposition of Ricky Baker's friendship with Tre, as opposed to his elder brother, Doughboy, whom Ricky is often at odds with throughout the ...

This motivates Tre’s emotional bloodletting ... memes and other jokes considered. While Boyz n the Hood may not have said anything new about the odds stacked against blacks youths’ survival ...

But, overall, “Boyz n the Hood” confirmed the one thing I’ve always known to be true: loving a black man — as a parent, sibling, partner, friend, child, etc. — is one of the bravest ...

In 1986, John Singleton crafted the idea for the coming-of-age drama Boyz n the Hood as part of his application for film school. Four years later upon graduation, he sold the script to Columbia ...

Furious raises Tre with something of an iron fist in a ... 10 favorite fictional dads Whether by accident or design, Boyz n the Hood undercores the way in which the plague of urban violence ...

Many things still occupy my mind from the film, such as Tre’s breakdown, the black cop and of the movie debuting after Rodney King’s police beating. But, overall, “Boyz n the Hood ...