![]() 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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