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      South Central

      R 1992 1 hr. 39 min. Drama List
      75% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 83% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson (Glenn Plummer) finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie (Christian Coleman), 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. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Mar 19 Buy Now

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      Ravi T Great movie about turning your life around. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/22/23 Full Review Johnny J This is a timeless story about the importance and value of fatherhood. Not a perfect movie by far but the main themes shine through. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/18/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie! Worth watching. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Eschews anything in the way of style or flashiness (save for a potato silencer) in favor of pure heart and great performances from relatively unknown actors. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Havent seen it in a while but can see why I loved this movie. Absolutely mesmerizing in how you get caught up in this movie and truly feel emotionally invested in the characters. Couldn't fight back the tears that welled up in my eyes as I wiped them away. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member South Central is a film that is great to talk about after watching. That revolves around the cycle and violence that is in the black community with gang violence overcoming the streets and families being left in sorrow after losing a loved one. Glenn Plummer as Bobby Johnson is a great actor in this film with him playing a likable yet sometimes unapologetic character having been in prison little did he know weeks after being let out he would be back in for 10 years. No other performance really stuck out besides Carl Lumbly as Ali who feels Bobby's struggle and wants to help guide him into making better choices and to change himself to save his son which Ali could not explaining how the cycle of violence sticks in the African american community. Bobby changes his ways and leads on a search for his son, while I loved mainly two performances in the film, Christian Coleman as Jimmie had a little bit of awkward performance but at times his acting excelled. South Central is a great film about the cycle of violence, hurt, and gangs, and what would you do to save your son is a keypoint and this is a question left you. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times News reports try to tell us what happened in Los Angeles, but fail, because they are limited to the facts. Movies like this one let us feel the emotions. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Sep 18, 1992 Full Review Justin Brown Medium Popcorn Glenn Plummer carried this on his back as he was acting alongside some folks that were not in his range. Some of the performances really dragged this film down and made it at times seem like a parody of itself. Rated: 2/5 Mar 3, 2024 Full Review Brandon Collins Medium Popcorn I was unclear about what the main point of this film was supposed to be about. There are some very solid performances in this but I didn't know what to take away from this incredibly depressing film. Rated: 2/5 Mar 3, 2024 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jun 11, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson (Glenn Plummer) finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie (Christian Coleman), 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.
      Director
      Stephen Milburn Anderson
      Executive Producer
      Oliver Stone
      Screenwriter
      Stephen Milburn Anderson
      Production Co
      Enchantment Films Inc., Monument Pictures, Ixtlan Corporation
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Feb 27, 2012
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $321.9K
      Sound Mix
      Stereo, Surround
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