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South Central | 
 enlarge | Director: Steve Anderson (ii)
Actors: Glenn Plummer, Byron Minns, Lexie Bigham, Vincent Craig Dupree, Larita Shelby
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 19619
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: WARD12594D
UPC: 085391259428
EAN: 0085391259428
ASIN: B00000JGHV
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1992
Release Date: July 27, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A hard-hitting tale of a former los angeles gang member who returns to his neighborhood from jail resolved to turn his younger son away from street-gang life. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/03/2004 Starring: Glenn Plummer Carl Lumbly Run time: 99 minutes Rating: R Director: Oliver Stone
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 Great Movie April 2, 2007
A. Barela
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you like movies like boyz in the hood, meance 2 society then you going to like south central
Worth watching. August 5, 2006
Forever Chaos (Pennsylvania)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
...but it makes me sad the level of truth behind it. What makes me sadder is that this kind of mentality still exists today. I would definitely rank this one up with the likes of Boys in The Hood and New Jack City.
Boys drop hoods June 4, 2006
Mark Thatt (Alameda, Ca United States)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
One of the overlooked gang movies, with exceptional realism against the same backdrop as "Boyz n Hood," the undeserved Hollywood-styled movie. "South Central," on the other hand, gets more from the cast and B-movie economics than "Hood." The director and writer narrow the aim and score more for doing so, in my opinion. Of those who play at violence, the plot centers on one who owns up to his bad ways and pays the price. Gang warfare, the soup de jour of Hollywood, makes too much money off bad languange and violence. This B-movie responsibly shows the price for dead-end lifestyles that embrace drugs and violence as the only alternatives. Gang warfare is as obsolete today as dueling in the 16th Century. This is one movie that asks its youth to take responsibilty,reform themselves through self-education,not to waste their freedom that comes with deadly consequences.
"Deuce Got My Son Shot!" May 23, 2005
K-Burner
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
When you think about it, many 'hood movies dropped around the early 90's, like "Boyz N The Hood", "New Jack City", "Menace II Society" etc. All of these got the recognition they deserved, and they have all stood the test of time, as all of them are over 10 years old. However, there is one movie that didn't get the recognition and publicity that it should have. This is the 1991 "South Central". South Central is a great hood movie with a different twist to it than the others I mentioned. It is also very touching in certain places. It takes place in Los Angelas just like almost all these other hood movies so that's no surprise.
The movie starts off with a young Bobby Johnson getting out of jail. After fighting with a local drug-dealer over his girlfriend, he kills the drug-dealer who's name is Genie Lamp. He lays low for a few months, then he decides to ride out with a few other members of the Deuce gang, which he is part of. They pick up an undercover cop along the way, and she busts them for possession. While the newly proclaimed "OG" Bobby Johnson is being interrogated by the police, his fingerprints match the prints on the silencer and the gun he used to kill Genie Lamp. He takes the blame for everything and doesn't drop any names of the other members of the Deuce gang. Due to that he has to serve a decade in prison. There he finds from Loco, and old Deuce friend, that his own son was becoming a Deuce and that he was stealing stereos for Ray Ray, the leader of the Deuce gang. The rest of the movie is centered around Bobby trying to get his son out of the gang life and keeping him from making the same mistakes he did. Can Bobby convince his son that being in a gang is not worth the price you pay? Or is it too late for Jimmie (His son's name) to get out of his lifestyle?
The acting is OK, but not too memorable. Glenn Plummer, who also played Parnell is Menace II Society, did an excellent job as OG Bobby Johnson. Christian Coleman as Jimmie "J-Rock" Johnson did an exceptional job for a child actor, but at times it seems as if he kinda overacts a lil bit. At some scenes he's a little bit too enthusiastic with his dialogue (I don't know maybe they wanted it to be like that). Larita Shelby as Bobby's girlfriend Carol was exceptional as well, but she kinda overacted too. However, at the parts where she was messed up on PCP and at the times when she was pissed the acting came through quite well. Byron Minns did a great job as Ray Ray. I feel he captured the character pretty well. Overall I'd say the acting was decent, I've seen better but I've definitely seen worse.
So, I'd say if you're a fan of hood movies or gangster movies this would appeal to you. Don't expect the greatness of Juice or Boyz or Menace though. But this is highly entertaining and definitely worth a rent, and even a buy because you can probably buy it very cheap now (I bought it at my local Best Buy for 5.99). Now that I think about it though, you probably won't find it in video stores, so I'd say find a month when it's coming on BET to see if you like it. BET plays it from time to time. I would check it out if these types of movies interest you. It's good for its genre. 4 Stars.
 IT'S WORTH WATCHING December 18, 2003
MICHAEL TAYLOR (RICHMOND, VA USA)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
A GANG MEMBER [GLENN PLUMMER] ENDS UP IN JAIL FOR A DECADE. AFTER CHANGING HIS WAYS IN JAIL, HE GETS PAROLED AND NOW HE MUST STOP HIS SON FROM MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES HE MADE. NOT AS EFFECTIVE AS ''BOYZ N THE HOOD'' OR ''MENACE II SOCIETY', BUT IT'S AN OK HOOD MOVIE. GLENN PLUMMER DOES A GOOD JOB PORTRAYING THE REFORMED GANG MEMBER IN THIS MOVIE. IT'S WORTH A WATCH. FANS OF HOOD MOVIES SHOULD LIKE THIS.
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