![]() ![]() And the story, such as it is, observes their lives in two chunks, at age six and, mainly, 11 years later. The "Hood" (neighbourhood) is the gang-law killing fields of South Central LA. The "Boyz" are three kids looking for very different things as they pass out of their teens: university doing nothing yet not returning to jail and a career on the football field. The film not only lives up to its "Increase The Peace" subtitle but by refusing to overtly moralise puts its concerns across with astonishing impact. ![]() ![]() Happily such assumptions are without substance. Arriving to pre-publicity involving riots, looting sprees and a body count, it's easy to suppose Boyz N The Hood's appeal lies in an easily-accessed glamourisation of violence. ![]()
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