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Rated: R; Genres: Crime, Drama; With: Glenn Plummer; Distributor: Warner Bros.
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By Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Ty Burr is a writer at large for EW and is no relation to Raymond or Aaron

Although comparisons with Boyz N the Hood may have helped sink this film at the box office, South Central hits its own raw but right chord. Glenn Plummer is a clamped-tight caldron as the jailbird who turns around when his son (Christian Coleman) heads down the same mean streets, and Steve Anderson's slick direction makes this a vivid piece of agit-pop. B


Posted Feb 19, 1993

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