Juice - City War

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Movie
German title Juice - City War
Original title Juice
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 95 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Ernest R. Dickerson
script Gerard Brown Ernest R. Dickerson
production Neal Moritz,

David Heyman ,

Peter Frankfurt
music Gary G-Wiz
camera Larry Banks
cut Brunilda Torres Samuel D. Pollard
occupation

Juice - City-War (Original title: Juice ) is an American film about the life of young people in the ghetto from 1992 . Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson . The shooting took place in New York, mostly in Harlem. The film grossed $ 20,146,880 with a budget of $ 100,000.

action

Bishop, Q, Raheem and Steel, who call themselves "The Wrecking Crew", are four African-American friends who grew up in Harlem . They regularly skip school, spend their days in an arcade and steal LPs . They are constantly harassed by the police or a Puerto Rican group led by a boy named Radames. One day the group decides that they need to do “bigger” things and go out to gain each other's respect. But Q is not sure if he wants to become increasingly involved in a life of crime. On a Saturday night, under Bishop's persistence, the group robbed a drugstore. During the armed robbery, Bishop shoots and kills drugstore owner Fernando Quiles in the head for no reason.

After the robbery, the boys flee to an empty building. This unplanned murder breaks friendship and Bishop shoots Raheem after he asked Bishop to give him the gun. Bishop separates from Q and Steel after threatening them if they talked about something else he would kill them.

The other two boys agree not to tell anyone about the events and to avoid contact with Bishop as much as possible. At Raheem's funeral, Q and Steel see Bishop talking to Raheem's mother and promising her to find and kill the perpetrator.

Bishop kills gang leader Radames after a brawl and begins a pin on Q for the murders of Quiles, Raheem, and Radames. Q looks for help and also buys a weapon for his protection. While Q is doing this, Bishop meets Steel and leads him into an empty alley, where he shoots him. However, Steel survives the shot and is taken to a hospital where he informs Q's girlfriend of Bishop's affairs. Q sets up a meeting with Bishop. Before this meeting, he throws his gun into a river and faces Bishop unarmed. A conversation ensues and Bishop threatens him. After a brief fight, Q escapes. During the escape, Q is shot in the left arm. He continues to flee into a building and Q disarms him. The chase finally ends on the roof of the building and there is another fight in which Bishop falls from the roof and can hold Q's hand at the last moment. Q tries to pull him up, but Bishop loses his strength and he falls to his death.

As Q exits the roof, a crowd emerges to see what happened. One person turns to Q and says, "Eeh, now you're the boss in the neighborhood". Q turns, looks at him, shakes his head and walks away.

The film ends with a flashback clip of the four friends together in happier times.

occupation

actor role
Tupac Shakur Roland Bishop
Khalil Cain Raheem Porter
Omar Epps Quincy 'Q' Powell
Jermaine Hopkins Eric 'Steel' Thurman
Samuel L. Jackson Trip
Queen Latifah Ruffhouse MC
Bruklin Harris Keesha / Roderick "DJ Majesty" Wiggins Battle DJ (Middle Finger)

reception

Overall, the film received positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film received a good score of 83 percent out of 18 evaluated reviews with an average rating of 6.3 out of 10 points. The lexicon of international films described the film as convincingly played, but the book was somewhat confused. Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four and said: "One of those stories with the quality of a nightmare in which foolish young men try to outdo each other at being macho until they are trapped in a brutal situation that will end their lives forever will change ". Entertainment Weekly awarded the film a "B +" medal.

At the 1993 Mystfest the film was nominated for a prize in the Best Picture category.

Film music

  1. "Uptown Anthem" - 3:03 ( Naughty by Nature )
  2. "Juice (Know the Ledge)" - 4:00 ( Eric B. & Rakim )
  3. "Is It Good to You" - 4:17 ( Teddy Riley & Tammy Lucas )
  4. "Sex, Money & Murder" - 2:49 ( MC Pooh )
  5. "Nuff Respect" - 2:57 ( Big Daddy Kane )
  6. "So You Want to Be a Gangster" - 4:05 ( Too Short )
  7. "It's Going Down" - 4:12 ( EPMD )
  8. "Don't Be Afraid" - 5:18 ( Aaron Hall )
  9. "He's Gamin 'on Ya'" - 3:35 ( Salt-n-Pepa )
  10. "Shoot 'Em Up" - 3:38 ( Cypress Hill )
  11. "Flipside" - 4:24 ( Juvenile Committee )
  12. "What Could Be Better Bitch" - 3:01 ( Son of Bazerk )
  13. "Does Your Man Know About Me" - 5:11 ( Rahiem )
  14. "People Get Ready" - 4:00 ( Brand New Heavies & N'Dea Davenport )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Juice - City-War bei Rotten Tomatoes (English), accessed on December 28, 2015
  2. ^ Juice - City-War in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on October 6, 2010
  3. ^ Roger Ebert : Juice. In: rogerebert.com. January 17, 1992, accessed December 27, 2015 .