Boyz In The Hood Review

25 years ago this film was introduced to a large audience of different cultures and ages of what the black community was like and represented as through their eyes.  Because not much has yet changed since it was released it still causes a strong impact on the audience, leaving them to deeply think about what is happening around them and how the problem is still affecting many people. The people within the film were educated however were brought up to believe their only soul purpose in life was to be either killed by their own people or the police. Tre the main character, we grew up with him in the film as we were introduced to him at the young age of 9 years old and then to the age of 18. We shared the knowledge he was taught, learned from the mistakes he made, felt the emotion he felt and because of this we grew a stronger connection with the characters. His family were portrayed as a rather proper educated family, a mother who works hard to provide not only for the present but also the future and a father who tries his hardest to be the his sons role model, providing advise, knowledge and making sure his son knows he loves him. It probably confused the audience as that is not the idea they have of  black fathers, breaking that stereotype.
However Rickys family fall into that correct social stereotype of black families. Ricky and his brother are the perfect example of what most black peoples lives are destined to be like for the men. A sportsmen or a gang member. This film is an insight of what many black people have to face just for their color and their neighbour hood. Another key part of the film is the gun violence, the repetition of people dying due to the constant gun shots just for looking at some the wrong way really highlights how much gun violence has the control over the way black peoples lives run. Once they begin that life it's always going to catch up to them e.g when Rickys brother gave up his life with the violence after his brothers death opened his eyes, he was killed only two weeks later. Even though the film was released 25 years ago, it still has a massive impact as it still relates to the same situation many people of the black race going through the same thing.