South Central is a 1992 American crime-drama film, written and directed by Stephen Milburn Anderson . This 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 . The film stars Glenn Plummer , Byron Minns and Christian Coleman. South Central was produced by Oliver Stone and released by Warner Bros.
16-567: South Central may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] South Central (film) , a 1992 film starring Glenn Plummer South Central (soundtrack) , a soundtrack album from the film South Central (TV series) , a 1994 comedy-drama starring Larenz Tate Places [ edit ] South Central China , a region of the People's Republic of China South Central Province, Maldives South Central United States South Central Alaska ,
32-469: A film critic for The New York Times in 1977. From December 1, 1994, she replaced Vincent Canby as the chief film critic. Maslin continued to review films for The Times until 1999, when she briefly left the newspaper. Her film criticism career, including her embrace of American independent cinema , is discussed in the documentary For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009). In
48-642: A region containing the Anchorage metropolitan area, U.S. South Los Angeles , an area in Los Angeles, California, U.S., formerly South Central Los Angeles South Central, Wichita, Kansas , U.S. South Central Coast , a region of Vietnam Rail transport [ edit ] South Central Railway zone , a part of Indian Railways Connex South Central , a train operating company in England from 1996 until 2001 Southern (train operating company) ,
64-501: A respected gang leader, falls from grace, and turns his life around with the help of his cellmate, Ali. Once released, he returns to South Central Los Angeles and drives to the halfway house to find Jimmie. Jimmie is shocked that his father has denounced the Deuce gang and will not seek revenge against Willie Manchester. Jimmie insults Bobby for not being the proud Deuce gang leader that he thought his father would be. Jimmie goes AWOL from
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96-538: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages South Central (film) The movie received wide critical acclaim, with many praising Plummer’s performance, and New Yorker Magazine praising it as one of the year's best independent films. Janet Maslin of The New York Times named Anderson in the "Who's Who Among Hot New Filmmakers" in 1992, along with Quentin Tarantino and Tim Robbins . Upon his parole from
112-674: The California Youth Authority , Hoover Street Deuces gang member Bobby Johnson meets with girlfriend Carole, son Jimmie, and fellow "Deuces" Ray Ray, Loco, and Bear. The gang attends a party thrown by a heroin dealer named Genie Lamp, who forces Bobby to snort a line of heroin. Bobby and Jimmie return home in the morning to find Carole passed out on the couch from smoking PCP . The Deuces return to Genie Lamp's club for retaliation where they shoot Genie's bodyguard and Bobby shoots and kills Genie. Bobby returns home and tells Carole that they have to move immediately. Soon after,
128-637: The Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, New York . She is president of its board of directors. Maslin graduated from the University of Rochester in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Maslin began her career as a rock music critic for The Boston Phoenix and became a film editor and critic for that publication. She also worked as a freelancer for Rolling Stone and worked at Newsweek . Maslin became
144-449: The documentary, Entertainment Weekly critic Lisa Schwarzbaum recalls the excitement of having a woman as the lead reviewer at The New York Times . In a 2005 interview with Aaron Aradillas at Rockcritics.com, Maslin explained she quit reviewing films because she experienced burnout, expressing gratitude it ended when it did. Filmmaker Harmony Korine , whose directorial debut feature Gummo (1997) Maslin famously called "worst film of
160-503: The film “offers a wrenching view of modern youth-gang violence by demonstrating, with desperate candor, that the civilized alternatives are fast disappearing”. Janet Maslin Janet R. Maslin (born August 12, 1949) is an American journalist, who served as a film critic for The New York Times from 1977 to 1999, serving as chief critic for the last six years, and then a literary critic from 2000 to 2015. In 2000, Maslin helped found
176-439: The gang is caught and Bobby gets a ten year prison sentence for the murder. Ten years later, Bobby's son Jimmie has followed his father into the gang life. He begins stealing car stereos and selling them to Ray Ray for $ 20 each. Jimmie is shot in the back by a man named Willie Manchester while attempting to steal Willie's car radio. After recuperating in the hospital, he goes to a juvenile halfway house . In prison, Bobby becomes
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#1732764951473192-409: The halfway house and hides out with Ray Ray. Bobby goes to Ray Ray's warehouse and the two have a talk. Ray Ray opens up a door that reveals a kidnapped Willie Manchester. Ray Ray gives Jimmie a gun and tries to talk him into shooting Willie. Willie begs for his life and tells Jimmie that he did not mean to shoot him. Bobby takes Bear's gun and threatens to kill Ray Ray, but puts the gun down when he sees
208-427: The look on Jimmie's face. Bobby talks to Jimmie about the mistake it would be if Jimmie killed Willie Manchester. Bobby states that Jimmie can replace goods that he steals from a man, but he cannot replace a man's life that he took. Jimmie lets go of the gun he had been holding. Ray Ray lets go of Jimmie, Bobby, and Willie Manchester. Bobby tells Jimmie that they must start their lives over, but this time they will do it
224-517: The right way. The scene fades to black as the two walk out of the warehouse together as father and son. A soundtrack containing hip hop , soul and R&B music was released on September 18, 1992 by Hollywood Records . On Rotten Tomatoes , the movie has an approval rating of 75% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 6.20/10. On Metacritic , the film has a score of 64 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote
240-462: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title South Central . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=South_Central&oldid=1212043880 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
256-498: The year", noted how Maslin stopped working as a movie critic not long after. From 1994 to 2003, Maslin was a frequent guest on Charlie Rose with 61 appearances on the program. From 2000 she worked as a book reviewer for The New York Times ; from 2015 as a contributor as opposed to being their full-time critic. As of 2023 , Maslin continues to review books for the newspaper, albeit sparsely. In her review for Dennis Lehane 's novel Small Mercies , she speculated it might be
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