South Central (1992) on Netflix
Bobby Johnson leaves prison after a ten-year sentence for murder and returns to South Central Los Angeles. His son Jimmie has followed him into the Deuces, the gang Bobby belonged to.
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- Rotten Tomatoes75%
Trailer
Plot summary
Paroled from the California Youth Authority in 1982, Hoover Street Deuces member Bobby Johnson rejoins his girlfriend Carole, their son Jimmie, and his crew Ray Ray, Loco and Bear. A heroin dealer called Genie Lamp throws a party and forces Bobby to snort a line. Bobby and Jimmie come home at dawn to find Carole passed out from smoking PCP. The crew goes back to Genie Lamp's club for payback; a bodyguard is shot and Bobby kills Genie. He tells Carole the family must leave at once. The gang is arrested shortly afterward, and Bobby receives a ten-year sentence for the murder.
Cast
- Big Daddy Wayneas Henchman (as 'Big Daddy' Wayne)
- Allan Hatcheras Baby Jimmie
- Alvin Hatcheras Baby Jimmie
- Baldwin C. Sykesas Ken Dog
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about South Central (1992)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The film is an adaptation of the 1987 fiction novel The Original South Central L.A. Crips by Donald Bakeer, a former high school teacher in South Central Los Angeles.
- Janet Maslin of The New York Times named Anderson in her 1992 "Who's Who Among Hot New Filmmakers", placing him alongside Quentin Tarantino and Tim Robbins.
