And I can’t think what they’d cut out of it to bring it down to its theatrical length of 147 minutes, since there’s not a moment which doesn’t need to be there. Straight Outta Compton never feels like it outstays its welcome, even at nearly 3hrs long. However, it’s not long before arguments develop within the band, not least because band creator Eazy-E is eating lobster with sleazy manager Jerry Heller ( Paul Giamatti) while the rest are eating burgers, but the issues go much deeper than that and the divide begins, showing tensions with Ice Cube, later bringing in Snoop Dogg ( Keith Stanfield – Selma, Dope) and so on.ĭre Tells His Mother (clip) with Corey Hawkins as Dr Dre ![]() Ths song also has a resonance following Rodney King’s beating to death in 1991. For purists, this Blu-ray contains both the Director’s Cut and Theatrical versions.īeginning in 1986, we’re introduced war on drugs in the ’80s and into the ’90s, as well as the musicians one by one starting with Eric Wright, aka Eazy-E ( Jason Mitchell), making a living of sorts as a low-rent drug dealer then moving on to wannabe DJ and record-scratcher, Andre Young aka Dr Dre ( Corey Hawkins) who’s having arguments with his mum, causing him to have to move out (who doesn’t have disagreements at home as a youngster?) and O’Shea Jackson aka Ice Cube (portrayed by his son, O’Shea Jackson Jr), witnesing Crenshaw Mafia’s OG 2-Tone pulling a gun on their school bus after one lad tries to be clever, showing off to some passing gangsters.Īlso taking in Antoine Carraby aka DJ Yella ( Neil Brown Jr) and Lorenzo Patterson aka MC Ren ( Aldis Hodge), brutality from racist police inspires their iconic track, Fuck Tha Police, especially on their 1989 tour when one state forbids them from playing it. Straight Outta Compton is a film I very much wanted to see at the cinema, but before I did, I learned there was a Director’s Cut due out on Blu-ray in due course.
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