Boyz N The Hood is the critically acclaimed story about three friends growing
up in a South Central Los Angeles neighborhood, and of street life where
friendship, pain, danger and love combine to form reality. “The Hood” is a
place where drive-by shootings and unemployment are rampant. But it is also a
place where harmony co-exists with adversity, especially for the three young men
growing up there: Doughboy (Ice Cube), an unambitious drug dealer; his brother
Ricky (Morris Chestnut), a college-bound teenage father, and Ricky's best
friend, Tre (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), who aspires to a brighter future beyond the
“The Hood.” In a world where a trip to the store can end in death, the
friends have diverse reactions to their bleak surroundings. Tre's resolve is
strengthened by a strong father (Larry Fishburne) who keeps him on the right
track. But the lessons Tre learns are put to the ultimate test when tragedy
strikes close to home, and violence seems like the only recourse. This powerful
portrait of black urban America is “a film of enormous relevance and
importance,” –Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES.