I mean, seriously. The first scene involves a man shooting two people just because he was insulted. Then there is no dis
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sharebear42019 — 14 years ago(December 12, 2011 12:38 PM)
It's funny no ones mentioning how he was corrupted at a very young age you can't really blame him! I mean come on did your parents friends put mault liquor in your mouth at like 8 years old? Or have you seen your father shoot an kill someone in front of you? Doubtful. Caine did. It was obvious the way he was gonna turn out. At least he TRIED to get out of the life
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JackDnCoke — 12 years ago(August 30, 2013 02:36 AM)
Or maybe you're both just retarded. "He had to be gangsta cause he lived near gangsta's" you ficking kidding me? Ignorant twats like you 2, and pretty much everyone else posting in here besides OP, are the reason things are so messed up these days. No accountability and make up bs excuses to blame everyone BUT the criminals.
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roachbusters — 14 years ago(January 07, 2012 07:52 PM)
I think the point the movie was trying to make was that Caine was neither a hero nor a villain; he was merely the product of a situation and circumstances beyond his control. He was a fundamentally decent person (or at least had the potential to be one) who made one bad decision after another, and that was why he ended up as he did. Who is to say that you or I, living in an environment like that, would not end up the same way? Moreover, I think Caine more than redeemed himself in the end. His actions in the end of the movie prove that, given the chance, he could have turned his life around and become a better person.
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DAMIAN001 — 14 years ago(January 22, 2012 06:46 AM)
And that's EXACTLY why O-Dog doesn't die in the movie. You're supposed to hate some disdain for his character, for killing the Korean store owners and the crack addict. This goes hand in hand with the ending; where Sharif, the almost polar opposite of O-Dog, gets gunned down in the drive-by along with Caine; while O-Dog is still alive with barely only a scratch. It demonstrates that the ghetto doesn't care if you've been good or bad, you can still be a target of gang violence.
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Ghost the Lost Soul — 14 years ago(February 10, 2012 11:14 PM)
I agree with you on O-Dog. He was long overdue to have more holes in him than Swiss cheese, but karma came back on him when we see him getting stuffed into the back seat of a cop car.
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Troville_1990 — 12 years ago(November 28, 2013 11:12 PM)
Yeah, strange that people like this only crawl out of the woodwork to complain about reprehensible criminal characters when they're black. Must just be an odd coincidence.
I'd buy that for a dollar!
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daejeeduma — 11 years ago(August 11, 2014 06:48 PM)
because most folks in the hood either personally know are involved with some of the activities featured in this film
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duklec — 9 years ago(September 17, 2016 05:57 PM)
Well, if you want a protagonist who stays strong throughout living in the ghetto, watch Boyz in the Hood. But that protagonist was fortunate to have a dad that kept him straight when he showed signs of becoming trouble.
This protagonist had a junkie for a mom and a murderous drug dealer for a dad. When his parents died when he was 10, his dad's drug dealing friend showed him his way of surviving in the hood, which was selling drugs to get by. He never really cared about school or his future by the time he graduated, as he was too used to his environment to imagine he could do something with his life other than robbing and drug dealing. So yeah, he turned out to be a beep up person. But he still was presented chances to do the right thing, but his gang banger mentality made him make the wrong choices.
I like both movies as they delve into socialization, and you can compare and contrast the two protagonists and see what a difference a positive upbringing can do to a person growing up in a negative environment.