Later, Caine gets a phone call from Ilena, who tells him that she is pregnant with his child, but Caine does not believe it is his.īefore leaving for Atlanta, Caine is confronted by Ilena's cousin (Samuel Monroe Jr.) who chastises him for getting his cousin pregnant and failing to own up to his actions. As revenge, Chauncey sends a copy of the robbery video tape (which O-Dog held on to) to the police. Furious, Caine takes one of O-Dog's guns and pistol whips Chauncey with it. When Caine rejoins his friends, he notices that Chauncey is making various drunken advances towards Ronnie.
Caine shows hesitance, but is eventually persuaded and the two end up making love. Caine begins to enjoy his new hustler lifestyle with his crew and meets a local girl named Ilena (Erin Leshawn Wiley) at the park.Īfter facing police brutality and recovering in a hospital, Caine is visited by his friend, Ronnie (Jada Pinkett) who tells him that she has found a job in Atlanta and invites him to come with her.
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He then purchases a large quantity of cocaine to cook into crack and sell. Once released, Caine buys a Ford Mustang 5.0 from a chop shop and robs a local youth for his Dayton wheels. However, without the security tape, there is not enough evidence to charge him.
A detective attempts to link Caine to the store killings by matching his fingerprints to the ones found on the bottle at the crime scene. However, they are both caught in the process and arrested by the police. When O-Dog informs Caine that he has learned the identity of the carjackers, he, Caine, and their friend A-Wax (MC Eiht) all find the assailants, killing them and avenging Harold's death.Ĭaine and O-Dog are hired by Chauncey (Clifton Powell) a local hood for a car insurance scheme. Harold is murdered by gunshot while Caine is wounded. Later on, Caine and his cousin Harold (Saafir) are both carjacked at gunpoint by thugs. As a result, they both flee from the scene to avoid getting caught.Īfterwards, Caine graduates from high school and in the evening, Caine and his friends celebrate at a house party. He then takes more money from one of the dead shopkeeper's socks and the video surveillance tape. Then, he takes money from the cash register, only to find that there are only six dollars in there. As they are about to leave, an argument ensues and the shopkeeper insults O-Dog by saying, "I feel sorry for your mother".Įnraged, O-Dog shoots him and his wife. In the beginning of the film, Caine and his best friend Kevin "O-Dog" Anderson (Larenz Tate) enter a local store to buy malt liquor, as the Korean storekeeper and his wife watch them suspiciously. Caine grows up to become a drug dealer himself, along with his friends. As a result, he went to go live with his grandparents.
His father was a dope dealer who was killed in a drug deal when he was 10 years old and his mother was a heroin addict who died of an overdose. Kaydee "Caine" Lawson (Tyrin Turner) is a child raised in South Central Los Angeles, California. PLUS: An essay by film critic Craig D.Spoiler warning: The following contains plot details about.New cover by Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde PLUS: An essay by film critic Craig D.English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.Music video from 1991 for 2Pac’s “Brenda’s Got a Baby,” directed by the Hughes brothers.New conversation among Allen Hughes, actor and filmmaker Bill Duke, and Mitchell.New conversation among Albert Hughes, screenwriter Tyger Williams, and film critic Elvis Mitchell.Gangsta Vision, a 2009 featurette on the making of the film.New selected-screen commentary featuring Rinzler.Two audio commentaries from 1993 featuring directors Albert and Allen Hughes.Original 2.0 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio.In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features.New 4K digital restoration of the directors’ cut of the film, supervised by director of photography Lisa Rinzler and codirector Albert Hughes, with 7.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
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