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Contents
Articles
Morris Chestnut
1
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
4
Black Reel Awards of 2002
7
Boyz n the Hood
9
Breakin' All the Rules
14
California State University, Northridge
16
Cerritos, California
28
Confidence (2003 film)
43
Firehouse (1997 film)
46
Freddy's Nightmares
47
G.I. Jane
51
Half Past Dead
55
Higher Learning
58
Identity Thief
63
In the Line of Duty: Street War
67
Kick-Ass 2 (film)
68
Ladder 49
71
Like Mike
74
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
77
Out All Night
81
Scenes of the Crime
85
Taye Diggs
87
The Best Man (1999 film)
91
The Brothers (2001 film)
95
The Cave (film)
97
The Ernest Green Story
101
The Game Plan (film)
103
The Inkwell
106
The Last Boy Scout
108
The Perfect Holiday
112
Two Can Play That Game
115
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
117
V (2009 TV series)
121
References
Article Sources and Contributors
130
Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors
133
Article Licenses
License
134
Morris Chestnut
1
Morris Chestnut
Morris Chestnut
Chestnut at the San Diego Comic-Con International, July 24, 2010
Born
Morris L. Chestnut
January 1, 1969
Cerritos, California, U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1990–present
Spouse(s)
Pam Byse (1995–present; 2 children)
Morris L. Chestnut (born January 1, 1969) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as
teenage father Ricky Baker in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, groom-to-be Lance Sullivan in the 1999 film The Best
Man, as Tracy Reynolds, NBA star in the 2002 film Like Mike, and as the Visitor Ryan in the 2009 TV series V.
Early life
Chestnut was born in Cerritos, California, the son of Shirley and Morris Chestnut, Sr.[1] He graduated from Richard
Gahr High School in 1986. He subsequently studied finance and drama at California State University, Northridge.
Career
Chestnut's first professional acting role was as "Jadon" in Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The
Series in the episode "A Family Affair" (season 2, episode 19) which aired on February 18, 1990. His first feature
film role was as "Ricky Baker" in Boyz n the Hood (1991). He followed that up with roles in various TV movies.
Chestnut also played a role on Patti LaBelle's short-lived sitcom Out All Night. His career continued to rise steadily
with co-starring roles in standard big-budget studio films like Under Siege 2 (1995) and G.I. Jane (1997).
In 1998, he won the annual Madden Bowl videogame competition. In 1999 Chestnut starred in The Best Man with
Taye Diggs and Nia Long in which he played a professional football player on the eve of his wedding. The Best Man
earned positive reviews from the press and did well at the box office. For his performance Chestnut earned an
NAACP Image Award nomination. He again played a football player in The Game Plan (2007). In 2001, he starred
in The Brothers, a film centering on the themes of fidelity and success among young professionals. He has worked
with Steven Seagal three times. In Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Chestnut is Seagal's reluctant partner. In both Half
Past Dead and Prince of Pistols he co-stars as the main villain.
Morris Chestnut
2
Personal life
Chestnut is married to Pam Byse (1995), they have a son and a daughter and he also an older son from a previous
relationship who is 24 now. In an interview for essence.com, he stated he prefers to keep his personal life private.
Chestnut is a fan of the Philadelphia Eagles and the USC Trojans. He is also an avid poker player and has a
sponsorship arrangement with online poker room Full Tilt Poker.[2]
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Role
1991
Boyz n the Hood
Ricky Baker
1991
The Last Boy Scout
Locker room kid
1992-1993 Out All Night
Jeff Carswell
1992
In the Line of Duty: Street War
Prince Franklin
1993
The Ernest Green Story
Ernest Green
1994
The Inkwell
Harold Lee
1995
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Bobby Zachs
1996
Higher Learning
Track Anchor
1997
G.I. Jane
McCool
1997
Firehouse
Andre
Notes
19 episodes
TV movie
Uncredited
1997-1998 C-16: FBI
Mal Robinson
12 episodes
1999
Lance Sullivan
Nominated-NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion
The Best Man
Picture
2001
The Brothers
Jackson Smith
2001
Two Can Play That Game
Keith Fenton
2001
Scenes of the Crime
Ray
2002
The Killing Yard
Shango
2002
Like Mike
Tracy Reynolds
2003
Half Past Dead
Donald Robert
Johnson
2003
Confidence
Travis
2004
Breakin' All the Rules
Evan Fields
2004
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood
Gordon Mitchell
Nominated-Black Reel Award for Best Actor in a Television movie or
Mini-series
Orchid
2004
Ladder 49
Tommy Drake
2005
The Cave
Top Buchanan
2007
The Game Plan
Travis Sanders
2007
The Perfect Holiday
Benjamin
2008
The Prince of Motor City
Leo Moore
2009
Not Easily Broken
Dave Johnson
2009-2010 V
Ryan Nichols
22 episodes
Morris Chestnut
3
2011
American Horror Story
Luke
2012
Think Like a Man
James
2013
Identity Thief
Detective Reilly
2013
Kick-Ass 2
Marcus Williams
6 episodes
post-production
Theatrical performances
• Love In The Nick of Tyme
• What Your Husband Doesn't Know (2011)
References
[1] http:/ / www. tvguide. com/ celebrities/ morris-chestnut/ bio/ 167225
[2] Morris Chestnut: The “Not Easily Broken” Interview (http:/ / www. kamwilliams. com/ 2009/ 03/ morris-chestnut-not-easily-broken. html)
Kam Williams
External links
• Morris Chestnut (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4820/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Morris Chestnut (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800025198) at Yahoo! Movies (http://
movies.yahoo.com/)
• Morris Chestnut And Wife (http://www.majasaja.com/morris-chestnut-and-wife/40643.html)
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Anacondas:
The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Theatrical poster
Directed by
Dwight H. Little
Produced by
Acobus Rose
Verna Harrah
Susan Ruskin
Written by
Hans Bauer
Jim Cash
Jack Epps, Jr.
Starring
Johnny Messner
KaDee Strickland
Matthew Marsden
Nicholas Gonzalez
Eugene Byrd
Karl Yune
Salli Richardson
Morris Chestnut
Music by
Nerida Tyson-Chew
Cinematography Stephen F. Windon
Editing by
Marcus D'Arcy
Mark Warner
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Screen Gems
Release date(s)
August 27, 2004
Running time
97 minutes
Country
United States.
Language
English, Banjarese.
Budget
$25 million
Box office
$70,992,898
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (also known as Anaconda 2: The Black Orchid, Anaconda 2: The
Hunt for the Blood Orchid, or just simply Anaconda 2) is a 2004 horror-thriller film and the stand-alone sequel to
the 1997 film Anaconda. The film was directed by Dwight H. Little and written by Hans Bauer, Jim Cash, and Jack
Epps, Jr. from the original film. The main plot entails a team of researchers setting out into the island of Borneo to
look for a sacred flower, for which they believe will bring humans a longer and healthier life, or maybe even cure
cancer. The origin of the giant anaconda from the original film is also explained.
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Plot
A team of researchers sets off into an island of South Kalimantan and West Kalimantan to search for a "blood
orchid", a flower they believe can be used as a type of fountain of youth. Though the team's guide, Bill Johnson
(Johnny Messner) has misgivings about which path to take, Jack Byron (Matthew Marsden) bribes him to take the
path he doesn't think is safe. The team ends up going over a waterfall and having to wade through the river. A giant
anaconda emerges from the water and swallows Dr. Ben Douglas (Nicholas Gonzalez) whole, while the rest of the
team escapes the river. Bill attempts to assure them that it was the largest snake he's ever seen and that it should take
weeks' for it to grow hungry again, however most of the team demands that the expedition be called off.
The team decide to travel to Bill's friend, John Livingston (Andy Anderson) who lives on the river to see if he can
borrow his boat and his whale. While traveling to the boat, Bill tells Sam Rogers (KaDee Strickland) about Jack
bribing him into taking the unsafe route. Along the way, Bill finds an infestation of leeches on Cole's (Eugene Byrd)
back and burns all of them with his lighter while Tran Wu (Karl Yune) finds a poisonous spider in Gordon Mitchell's
(Morris Chestnut) shoe. Jack decides to take the spider along for further study and then everyone resumes the
journey to the boat. However, Livingston is killed by another anaconda and his boat crashes into the riverbank. The
team sees an explosion and finds the boat wrecked and are disappointed for losing their chance for escape from the
jungle and find only a few essentials for their quest. While continuing their journey, they find Livingston's chewed
up corpse. Bill realizes that it must be mating season, which means all of the male anacondas come out of their
territories to find the nearest female in its mating pit.
The team find themselves in a small native village consisting of thatched huts where a disemboweled anaconda with
a pair of human legs hanging out of the snake's abdomen is displayed. The team speculates that the snakes are
unusually large in size because their lives have been extended through the orchids, which are a part of the local food
chain. Jack says that since they must be close to the orchids, they should press on. However the others contend that
there is no evidence that the orchids will have the same effect on humans and still want to leave, so they start
building an escape raft. Meanwhile, Gordon discovers that Jack had secretly obtained Livingston's private case
containing a radio and a gun and realizes he could have called for help long ago. When Jack is unable to convince
him to allow the expedition to continue, he paralyzes him using the spider. As Jack joins the others at the raft, Sam
discovers a paralyzed Gordon and notices the spider bite on his arm. While Sam was interrogating Jack about what
he had done to Gordon, an anaconda drops down from the rafters and swallows Gordon alive soon after she leaves
the building. The others arrive just as it finishes, so Bill sets the building on fire. Jack uses the commotion to steal
the raft.
With no more material to make another raft, they decide to bushwack through the jungle to beat Jack to the orchids
and get back their raft. On the way they fall into a cave trying to escape an anaconda. Cole gets lost and panics after
finding a skeleton. He runs into Tran. Together they make their way back to the others. Along the way, Tran falls
through a hole in the cave floor. Unable to escape, he is eaten by an anaconda underwater. The terrified Cole manage
to make their way back to the team, escaping the caves behind them seconds ahead of the snake. It follows them
through the hole, and attacks them. Sam uses a machete to behead the snake, but Cole is captured by another giant
anaconda. The team follows and find him being constricted, but still alive. Bill throws his knife and impales the
snake through the head, killing it and freeing Cole. The group finds the raft just as Jack finds the blood orchids,
hanging precariously above a pit in which a ball of male anacondas are mating with the female. Jack shoots Bill in
the arm, and forces the party to accompany him to the orchids. He has Sam cross the pit via a thin log to fill a
backpack with orchids. As she makes her way back, the log starts to crack. Jack orders her to throw him the
backpack, but Sam counters to threaten to drop the flowers into the pit unless he drops the gun. The log breaks and
she falls, landing halfway down the pit. As the others help her climb out, Jack tries to get the backpack. The spider
he used to paralyze Gordon escapes its jar and bites him. Jack falls into the pit and is devoured, as Sam and the
others escape.
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The female anaconda notices them, but Gail Stern (Salli Richardson) tricks it into biting their fuel container. Bill
tries to shoot the container, but the gun is empty. Cole shoots it with a flare, causing a chain reaction that kills the
snakes, along with all the blood orchids as well. Bill, Sam, Cole, Gail, and Bill's pet monkey Kong make it back to
the raft and leave. As they set off with their raft, Bill suggests another shortcut, but the others suggest that they won't
take the shortcut.
Cast
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
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Johnny Messner as Bill Johnson
KaDee Strickland as Sam Rogers
Matthew Marsden as Dr. Jack Byron
Nicholas Gonzalez as Dr. Ben Douglas
Eugene Byrd as Cole Burris
Karl Yune as Tran Wu
Salli Richardson as Gail Stern
Morris Chestnut as Gordon Mitchell
Denis Arndt as CEO
Andy Anderson as John Livingston
Box office
The film debuted second in the box office for the week, grossing $12,812,287.[1] It averaged $4,410 at 2,905 sites,
and earned a total domestic gross ticket sales of $32,238,923.[2] Worldwide, the film grossed $70,992,898[2]
Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. The review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes reported that the film
received 26% positive reviews, based on 114 reviews.[3] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 40 out
of 100, based on 28 reviews.[4] The film was mainly criticized for the film's heavy use of "unrealistic" CGI, but the
fact that Anacondas are not native to Borneo was not much appreciated by reviewers either.[5] Roger Ebert awarded
the film two out of four stars, a rating less than that he gave the original film. Ebert however praised the acting of
Matthew Marsden as being "suitably treacherous". [6]
References
[1] http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ weekend/ chart/ ?yr=2004& wknd=35& p=. htm
[2] http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?page=main& id=anacondas. htm
[3] "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes" (http:/ / www. rottentomatoes. com/ m/
anacondas_the_hunt_for_the_blood_orchid/ ). Rotten Tomatoes. Archived (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20080219101653/ http:/ / www.
rottentomatoes. com/ m/ anacondas_the_hunt_for_the_blood_orchid/ ) from the original on 19 February 2008. . Retrieved 2008-02-17.
[4] "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004): Reviews" (http:/ / www. metacritic. com/ film/ titles/
anacondasthehuntforthebloodorchid). Metacritic. . Retrieved 2008-02-17.
[5] http:/ / www. horrorexpress. com/ moviereview/ anacondas:-the-hunt-for-the-blood-orchid
[6] "Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid" (http:/ / rogerebert. suntimes. com/ apps/ pbcs. dll/ article?AID=/ 20040826/ REVIEWS/
408260301/ 1023). Chicago Sun-Times. .
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External links
• Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366174/) at the Internet Movie
Database
• Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/v289857) at AllRovi
• Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/
anacondas_the_hunt_for_the_blood_orchid/) at Rotten Tomatoes
• Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/
anacondasthehuntforthebloodorchid) at Metacritic
• Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=anacondas.htm) at
Box Office Mojo
Black Reel Awards of 2002
Here are the nominees and winners of the 2002 Black Reel Awards.[1]
Category
Winner
Nominees
Best Film
Training Day
•
•
•
•
Ali
Baby Boy
From Hell
The Brothers
Best Film Poster
Training Day
•
•
•
•
Ali
Baby Boy
The Caveman's Valentine
The Brothers
Antoine Fuqua (Training Day)
•
•
•
•
John Singleton (Baby Boy)
Jordan Walker-Pearlman (The Visit)
Hughes Brothers (From Hell)
Gary Hardwick (The Brothers)
Denzel Washington (Training Day)
•
•
•
Hill Harper (The Visit)
Tyrese Gibson (Baby Boy)
Will Smith (Ali)
•
Mekhi Phifer (O)
•
Vivica A. Fox (Two Can Play That Game)
•
•
•
Rae Dawn Chong (The Visit)
Pam Grier (Bones)
Taraji P. Henson (Baby Boy)
•
•
Billy Dee Williams (The Visit)
Obba Babatundé (The Visit)
•
•
Eddie Murphy (Shrek)
Ving Rhames (Baby Boy)
•
•
Kerry Washington (Save the Last Dance)
Marla Gibbs (The Visit)
•
•
Gabrielle Union (The Brothers)
Adrienne-Joi Johnson (Baby Boy)
•
•
•
Gary Hardwick (The Brothers)
Gregory Alan Howard (Ali)
John Singleton (Baby Boy)
•
Mark Brown (Two Can Play That Game)
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Screenplay, Adapted or
Original
Halle Berry (Monster's Ball)
Jamie Foxx (Ali)
Nona Gaye (Ali)
Jordan Walker-Pearlman (The Visit)
Black Reel Awards of 2002
8
•
•
Baby Boy
Hardball
•
•
Training Day
The Brothers
•
Snoop Dogg (feat. Tyrese and Mr. Tan) ("Just a Baby
Boy" from Baby Boy)
•
•
•
R. Kelly ("The World's Greatest" from Ali)
R.L. ("Good Love" from The Brothers)
Nelly ("#1" from Training Day)
•
•
Dancing in September
Stranger Inside
•
•
A Huey P. Newton Story
3 A.M.
•
•
Morris Chestnut (The Killing Yard)
Danny Glover (3 A.M.)
•
•
Jeffrey Wright (Boycott)
Gregory Hines (Bojangles)
Best Actress
Angela Bassett (Ruby's Bucket of Blood)
(Television Movie/Mini-Series)
•
•
•
•
Nicole Ari Parker (Dancing in September)
Phylicia Rashād (The Old Settler)
Yolanda Ross (Stranger Inside)
Pam Grier (3 A.M.)
Best Supporting Actor
Terrence Howard (Boycott)
(Television Movie/Mini-Series)
•
•
•
•
Erik Dellums (Boycott)
Reg E. Cathey (Boycott)
Vicellous Reon Shannon (Dancing in September)
Mekhi Phifer (Carmen: A Hip Hopera)
Best Supporting Actress
Kimberly Elise (Bojangles)
(Television Movie/Mini-Series)
•
•
•
•
C. C. H. Pounder (Boycott)
Jurnee Smollett (Ruby's Bucket of Blood)
Michelle Rodriguez (3 A.M.)
Davenia McFadden (Stranger Inside)
The Visit
•
•
•
•
One Week
Lift
Lumumba
Blue Hill Avenue
Allen Payne (Blue Hill Avenue) and Rockmond
•
Eriq Ebouaney (Lumumba)
Dunbar (Punks) (tie)
•
•
Kenny Young (One Week)
Kerry Washington (Lift)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie
McDaniel
•
•
•
32nd NAACP Image Awards
VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
Best Original Soundtrack
Ali
Best Original or Adapted Song Eric Benét ("Love Don't Love Me" from The
Brothers)
Best Film
Boycott
(Television Movie/Mini-Series)
Best Actor
Roger Guenveur Smith (A Huey P. Newton Story)
(Television Movie/Mini-Series)
Best Independent Film
Best Independent
Actor/Actress
Best Original Television
Program
References
[1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ event/ ev0000957/ 2002
Boyz n the Hood
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Boyz n the Hood
Boyz N the Hood
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
John Singleton
Produced by
Steven Nicolaides
Written by
John Singleton
Starring
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Laurence
Fishburne
Ice Cube
Morris Chestnut
Nia Long
Angela Bassett
Music by
Stanley Clarke
Cinematography Charles Mills
Editing by
Bruce Cannon
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)
July 12, 1991
Running time
112 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$6.5 million
Box office
$57,504,069
[1]
[1]
Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American crime drama film written and directed by John Singleton. Starring Cuba
Gooding, Jr., Ice Cube, Larry Fishburne, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long and Angela Bassett, depicting life in South
Central Los Angeles.
Boyz n the Hood was filmed and released in the summer of 1991. It was nominated for both Best Director and
Original Screenplay during the 1991 Academy Awards, making Singleton the youngest person ever nominated for
Best Director and the first African–American to be nominated for the award.
[2]
The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. In 2002, the United
States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National
Film Registry.[3]
Plot
In 1984, ten-year-old Tre Styles (Desi Arnez Hines II) lives with his single mother Reva Devereaux (Angela Bassett)
in Inglewood, California. After Tre gets involved in a fight at school, his teacher calls Reva. The teacher informs
Reva that although Tre is rather intelligent, he is immature and lacks respect for classmates and adults alike.
Frightened about the future of her child, Reva sends him to live in the Crenshaw neighborhood of South Central Los
Angeles with his 27-year-old father, Furious Styles (Laurence Fishburne), from whom she hopes Tre will learn life
lessons.
Boyz n the Hood
On the night of Tre's arrival, he hears his father firing at a burglar. LAPD officers arrive more than an hour later, and
eventually decide the crime is unimportant because nothing was taken and the burglar escaped completely unharmed.
The police, particularly the African American officer, treat Furious with disrespect and contempt. The following day,
Tre reunites with childhood friends Darrin "Doughboy" Baker (nicknamed after his obesity), Doughboy's maternal
half-brother Ricky, and Chris. Doughboy and Ricky live with their mother across the street from Furious.
While Ricky is naïve and trusting, Doughboy is aggressive and street-smart. He soon gets into a fight to retrieve
Ricky's stolen football, but is beaten up. The ball is returned to him later by a Crips gang member. Furious, who
appears to be the only father present in the neighborhood, takes Tre on a fishing trip, where they talk, and he asks
him about sexual nature and discusses the responsibility of fatherhood to him. Furious also advises Tre to not ever
join the army, as Furious himself served in Vietnam. The pair return to Crenshaw, where they witness Doughboy and
Chris being led by police officers into a squad car after having been caught stealing in the local shop.
Seven years later, in 1991, a "welcome home" party is being held in the Baker home. Doughboy (Ice Cube), who had
previously dropped out of high school and lost a significant amount of weight, has just been released from prison,
and sits at a table playing dominoes with Chris (Redge Green), now in a wheelchair, "Dookie" (Dedrick D. Gobert),
and "Monster". Ricky (Morris Chestnut), now a star running-back for Crenshaw High School, lives at home with his
mother Brenda (Tyra Ferrell), girlfriend Shanice (Alysia Rogers), and their toddler son. After the party is over, Tre
walks home with leftovers for his father. As he walks along the street, Tre notices another one of the numerous
babies belonging to drug-addict Cheryl walking dangerously on the street. He hurries to pick her up and brings her
back to Cheryl, angrily reminding her to "keep the babies off the streets." Continuing on the way home, Tre
encounters a group of Bloods gang members, who threateningly tease Tre by pointing a double-barreled shotgun at
him. When Tre gets home, he gets a haircut from his 34-year-old father, telling him about his first failed attempt to
have sex. Tre's father seems amused at first, but then sternly asks if Tre used a condom, for he was afraid of
becoming a grandfather. Life goes on in the hood, with scenes including Tre flirting with Brandi and a drug-addict
getting beat up by Doughboy and the gang after stealing Dookie's necklace. One night, a man from the USC comes
to interview Ricky about college, with Ricky's rude friends giving him a bad impression. Ricky hopes to earn a
scholarship to USC, but is daunted by the requirement that he must earn a 700 on his SAT to pass.[4] Meanwhile,
Furious has managed to secure Tre (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who now holds a steady job and excels at school. He hopes
to attend college with his girlfriend, Brandi (Nia Long), whose desire to remain abstinent is a source of tension
between them.
One night, during a local street racing gathering, Ricky is provoked by Ferris (Raymond Turner), a Bloods member.
In defense of Ricky, Doughboy brandishes his .45 ACP handgun. Ferris fires his MAC-10 into the air, causing
everyone to speed away from the scene. Tre and Ricky are pulled over by an LAPD patrol; the lead officer turns out
to be the same one who responded to Furious' 9-1-1 burglary call years ago. The officer shoves a gun in Tre's neck
and taunts him, asking what he will do about it. Tre arrives late to Brandi's house and breaks down crying; later that
night, they have sex for the first time.
The next day, Ricky, annoyed by his girlfriend, has a fight with Doughboy. Brenda rushes to Ricky's aid while
berating Doughboy. This incident made Doughboy even more angry and he asks furiously, "What you hit me for!?"
Ricky and Tre later head to the grocery store, but encounter Ferris and the Bloods. Doughboy, upon seeing Ferris
and his fellow bloods roll up on the block, senses that Tre and Ricky are in trouble, and rushes to their defense.
Ricky and Tre cut through back alleys and separate to avoid them, but the Bloods find them. Ricky is shot once in
the leg and once in the back and is instantly killed. The Bloods race away from the scene. Tre cradles Ricky's corpse
as he mourns his friend while Doughboy and his friends arrive too late, and are just as grief-stricken as Tre. The boys
take Ricky's body home where Brenda and Shanice hysterically blame Doughboy, who unsuccessfully tries to
comfort them. Later that night, Brenda sobs over Ricky's test results, discovering he earned a 710 — just enough to
qualify for a USC scholarship.
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Doughboy, Dookie, Monster, and Tre vow revenge on the Bloods. Furious finds Tre holding his .357 Magnum pistol
and seemingly convinces him to abandon his plans. However, Tre sneaks out of his bedroom window to join
Doughboy and the Crips. Later that night, as the gang drives around the city, Tre realizes that he is making a mistake
and asks to be let out of the car. Doughboy pulls over and lets Tre out at a bus stop. Doughboy finds the Bloods
eating at a fast-food restaurant, upon whom Monster opens fire with a Type 56 assault rifle in a drive-by shooting.
Despite both Monster and Dookie's pleas to flee the scene, Doughboy gets out of his car and personally finishes
Ferris and the other wounded gang member, avenging Ricky's death. Meanwhile, Tre returns home to which he finds
his waiting father. Furious and Tre silently exchange glances for a moment, and then Furious enters his own room
and slams the door.
The next morning, Doughboy visits Tre, now understanding Tre's reasons for abandoning the gang. Doughboy —
having killed three men — knows that he will soon face retaliation for Ferris' death, and accepts the consequences of
his crime-ridden life. He plaintively questions why America "don't know, don't show, or don't care about what's
going on in the Hood." He sorrowfully says that he has no brothers left now after Ricky's death, but is embraced by
Tre, who says Doughboy still has "one brother left." Doughboy then walks away, pouring out his malt liquor
simultaneously.
In the epilogue text, it is revealed that Doughboy is murdered two weeks later. Tre and Brandi go on to attend
Morehouse and Spelman in Atlanta, respectively.
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Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Desi Arnez Hines II, young) as Tre Styles, son of Furious and Crenshaw High School senior.
Laurence Fishburne as Jason "Furious" Styles, father of Tre.
Ice Cube (Baha Jackson, young) as Darrin "Doughboy" Baker, maternal half-brother of Ricky.
Morris Chestnut (Donovan McCrary, young) as Ricky Baker, maternal half-brother of Doughboy and all-star
football player at Crenshaw High School, Tre's best friend.
Nia Long as Brandi, Tre's girlfriend.
Angela Bassett as Reva Devereaux-Styles, mother of Tre.
Tyra Ferrell as Brenda Baker, mother of Doughboy and Ricky.
Redge Green (Kenneth A. Brown, young) as Chris.
Dedrick D. Gobert as Dookie.
Baldwin C. Sykes as Monster.
Tracey Lewis-Sinclair as Shaniqua.
Alysia Rogers as Shanice, Ricky's girlfriend and the mother of his son.
Regina King as Shalika.
Lexie Bigham as Mad Dog.
Raymond Turner as Ferris.
Lloyd Avery II as Thug #2, Ricky's shooter
Mia Bell as female gang member.
Duncan Ferris as furious drug dealer.
Reception
Critical response
Boyz n the Hood has received widespread critical acclaim. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the
film a score of 96% based on 48 reviews, with an average score of 8.3/10, making the film a "Certified Fresh" on the
website's rating system.[5] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from
mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 73%, based on 18 reviews, which indicates "Generally
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