Storyline
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Directors
Cast
Jason Mitchell, Matt Corboy, Greg Collins, Aldis Hodge, Neil Brown Jr., Paul Giamatti, Chic Daniel, Larry Sullivan, F. Gary Gray, Allen Maldonado, Angela Elayne Gibbs, Orlando Brown, Alexandra Shipp, Caileigh Scott, A. Russell Andrews, Cris D'Annunzio, Rob Brownstein, Tate Ellington, Corey Hawkins, Deborah Lacey, Kofi Siriboe, Lakeith Stanfield, Lisa Renee Pitts, Bruce Beatty, Rogelio Douglas Jr., Sky Soleil, Corey Reynolds, Andrew Borba, R. Marcos Taylor, Matthew Boylan, Dean Cameron, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Marlon Yates Jr., Carra Patterson, Elena Goode, Keith Powers, Joshua Brockington, Sheldon A. Smith, Cleavon McClendon, Aeriél Miranda, Demetrius Grosse, Og Blood, Ashton Sanders, Joshua Geter, Tim Connolly, Dan Wells, Justin Goslee, Alex Wexo, Marcus Callender, Vaughn Wilkinson, Mark Thomas Holguin, Inny Clemons, Jody Burke, Asia'h Epperson, Scott Endicott, Mark Sherman, Marcc Rose, Nigel Lawes, Lauren Pacheco, Philicia Saunders
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Reviews
90
If “Compton” is undeniably of the moment, it’s also timeless in its depiction of how artists and writers transform the world around them into angry, profane, vibrant and singular personal expression.
83
Both of its time and of the moment, Straight Outta Compton is potent and largely successful, and makes a hell of a case for why this was a story worth telling.
83
Straight Outta Compton is a hugely entertaining film that works best if you don’t look at it too closely and just listen.
76
Even with the film’s mild flaws and arms-wide-open approach, it tells a powerful, engaging and compelling story of how America challenged and changed five young black men, and how they in turn challenged and changed America.
70
If the movie pushes most of the ugliest behavior off onto side players (like the notorious Suge Knight, played by R. Marcus Taylor), it does for the most part fulfill its mission, breathing life into the origin story of a group whose influence is still being felt.
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