Breaking the Cycle

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Years ago I saw Donald Bakeer speak to talk about his book, "Crips", and upcoming movie, "South Central," based upon his book. I saw the movie then but I lacked the maturity and life experience to truly understand the significance of the movie. It wasn't Godfather, nor Scarface, nor was it Boyz n the Hood--this was a story of reformation.

Bobby Johnson (Glen Plummer) helped start the Deuce gang in L.A. with friend Ray Ray (Byron Keith Minns). Bobby earned his heart tattoo after killing a local drug dealer named Genie Lamp (Kevin Best). Bobby would serve time for that murder and reform while in prison. His sole goal became saving his son.

I really appreciated this movie's message and direction. Reforming would be hard, changing one's attitude would be hard, and doing all of that in same environment would be doubly hard. But someone has to break the cycle so why not let it be you.

score 8/10

view_and_review 26 August 2018

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw4305435/