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Movie Reviews of Juice
Movie Review: 1 of my favorite movies up their with n da hood and menace
Summary: 4 Stars
i love this movie tupac and omar epps both carried this movie as
well(as Jermaine Hopkins)and Khalil Kain (as Raheem) along with Samuel Jackson played their roles well n da movie steel was funny at times and raheem was da cool as da co leader of da gang between him tupac omar and steel he had enough of poverty wanted 2 rob da bank with tupac and steel but needed q 2 b there was him as well so everything would go as planned also smauel jackson played a barber ncharge of a barber shop who is also funny at times this movie is a new york clasic 4 those of u that say tupac can't act should watch this and his other above da rim this movie was very powerful and i was digging tupac character as it was a little funny at times when things didn't go his way he would always snap he played as bishop a teenage gangsta that had loved at da beginning from his three friends steel raheem and q but then threw all away as he got really bad and crazy toward da end of da movie and omar epps played q a teenager who wanted to pursue his career as a dj he had a older girl friend and was friends with tupac at da beginning of da movie this movie ok place n harlem (1 of my favs places n nyc) and this movie is all about friendship and trust what changes everything from being normal is tupac's plan of robbering a bank when q omar epps has second thoughts of robbering da bank because he has a dj concert tupac goes wild and yells and curses at q chemistry between tupac and omar was amazing i loved da ending when both of them battle under da harlem bridge at 125th st was chasing each other through a party and then finally endin it at da top of da roof 2 c who had da juice (almost like da key or da power)2 uptown this movie almost contian decent music from naughty by nature with their hit uptown anthem and much more this movie also stars queen latifah as dj q's agent or producer whatever way u want 2 put 2 check out q's dj skills i love how they show all da sights n harlem it brings back a little of memeories because i use 2 visit harlem alot when i was a kid
Movie Review: Juice
Summary: 4 Stars
Spike Lee cinematographer Ernest Dickerson (he shot Spike's first 6 films) makes a stylish, dark debut with the 1992 teen drama "Juice". Set in Harlem, the story chronicles the lives of 4 friends (including Tupac Shakur in a strong debut) trying to stay out of trouble. 'Q' is an aspiring DJ who holds fierce all his intentions to stay clean and away from danger. Steel is a chubby homeboy who wishes for nothing other than to have fun. Raheem, a teenage father, serves as the level-headed leader and peace keeper, and Bishop is a hot-headed firecracker eager to start war with the neighborhood gang (although these 4 don't behave like or consider themselves any sort of gang). Soon enough, trouble erupts when they rob the local liquor store in search of "juice" (power, respect) and a war erupts between Q and Bishop. Expectedly, Q would rather focus on an upcoming DJ contest but trash-talking Bishop has other plans.Dickerson's directorial manner is sleek and balanced, his camera and editing preferences are not as out there and in-your-face as Spike Lee, yet he knows exactly where to put the camera for each scene (the cross-cutting police interrogation sequence is most dynamic, better than that of "The Usual Suspects" and it pre-dates that film by 3 years as well). Dickerson also chooses to avoid the obvious route expected in these kinds of films and delivers a sad, somber ending. The film is stamped hard with the look, sound and feel of the early 90's (an excellent era of those "urban" films if you ask me), colorful clothing, an excellent hip-hop soundtrack and murky neon lighting. If this is up your alley, I also suggest Bill Duke's equally powerful "Deep Cover" (also from 1992). It's too bad that Dickerson's further efforts have not topped this engaging premiere.
Movie Review: good movie
Summary: 4 Stars
Juice is one of those rare movies that I could watch over and over for a while and not be bored. The two main characters Q(Omar Epps) and Bishop(the late 2Pac) put on great performances in this movie. The story goes like this. There was a four man group. There was bishop, Q, steel, and Rahim. Q has the dream of becoming a big time DJ, Bishop wants respect, steel wants to have fun, and Rahim is the leader and tries to deal with the issues of losing his girlfriend who is the mother of his child.Bishop was alaways the trouble-maker of the group as he gets into fights with a puerto rican group and is constantly running from the law. Everything is cool within the group until a friend that they knew got killed in his attempted robbery. Bishop really starts to go crazy as he make the plan to rob this store of the guy he hates. Q didn't want anything to do with it because of the fact that he entered into a DJ contest and was out to prove that he is the cream of the crop. Bishop gets a gun and appears to be memerized with it and ends up ruining his life more than he ever imagined. They agree to do the robbery in the part where Q didn't have to perform. The event ended up making changes for the whole group and Bishop loses control and ends up killing the owner of the store and then starts a shooting spree. One by one he mows down his group. First, he kills Rahim, shoots Steel but never dies (or so we believe) and is out to get Q. Q tries to snap some sense into Bishop but in the end Bishop finds out the hard way that the path he choose was the wrong one. In the end Q is the last man standing of the group and does eventually go on to pursuit his DJ career. The movie is not oscar material, but it was a good written script. I'd recommend it.
Movie Review: You got that much juice?
Summary: 4 Stars
A very good movie, but it's just strange.Quincy(aka Q):He is a local Dj that makes mix tapes for money. When additions for a dj contest, he makes it to the contest. But after his superb performance at the contest, he and his friends decide to do something that will change/End their lives forever.
Bishop:Tupac's debut. Bishop is a tee, that thinks he has all the juice in the world. He only does that in fron of his friends, because someone else would probobly whack him. When they decide, life is bad, and decide to rob a store, Bishop goes from, your best friend, to your worst enemy.
Steel:Fat dude, and the dude that always get's picked on. He's good at videogames, and he really doesn't like fights or guns. But he gets exposed to the violent world after the rob a store.
Rahiem:He's pretty strong, and he always help Bishop, when he's being messed with by Radimas. Rahiem is the kind that trys to keep a positive input in the movie, but his mind changes, when he trys to rob a store with his other friends.
Radimas:Bishop's worst enemy. He always picks on Bishop when he has nothing to do. But when he messes with him after the incident with the store, boy, he wished, he never even spoke to him.
This movie is all about power and respect. But how Bishop becomes mr buddy-buddy, to I wan't to kill everyone is way beyond me. I mean, unless you have problems, or you a completly twisted phsyco, how can that possibly happen. Well, it's still is a positve movie, and if you like Tupac's acting, or a good black movie, go pick this up.
Movie Review: Very powerful movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie came out around the same time as menace to society and boys in the hood, and I'm sure many others portraying the ghetto life were made in that same 5-10 year period. When I grew up I had 1 black person in my school, it was a girl, so not as good a friend that a guy would have been. So I always just tried to act like I know other black people the more I was around them. But then I figured out that they would accept me just like I was trying to let me accept them. But before that I always had GREAT respect for black people because of movies like this. I just figured, I don't know any black people, but they sure do know how to make movies.
So anyway this movie is set in a highschool for part of the movie, but most of the time it is this group of kids hanging out and making food for themselves, getting into trouble, helping there friend become a popular dj and so on. What I didn't mention is that tupac is in this and is really believeable as a guy who is cool and is everybodies friend, but the wrong things happen with him and he just becomes a psycho. The story itself is sort of unbelieveable in the way they show tupac go crazy in such a short amount of time, but he sells it pretty well beacuase of his over the top craziness.
Also this is the first time that i had seen Omar Epps on screen, and the next time i saw him was in Higher Learning and I knew that this guy was a great actor from the start. I don;t know when he started acting, but this is a must see if you are a fan of him.