Video Review

South Central (1993)

MPAA Rating: R
Reviewed by Ty Burr | Feb 19, 1993
EW's GRADE
B

Details Movie Rated: R; Genres: Drama, Mystery and Thriller; With: Glenn Plummer; Distributor: Warner Bros.

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

Originally posted Feb 19, 1993 Published in issue #158 Feb 19, 1993 Order article reprints