I saw Straight Outta Compton over the weekend, and it was terrific. The 2 and a half hours flew by as they told the story of the rise and fall of the N.W.A. (and subsequent rise of some)
The actors for Dr. Dre, Ice Cube (his real-life son), Eazy-E, MC Ren, DJ Yella and others were all pretty spot on. The music highlighted the whole thing, from their earlier stuff together to some of their individual projects after they broke up.
I thought they may have skipped over a few things that could have been explained better, but I understand you need to cut things out so it's not 5 hours long. The timeline may be off a little bit too, though it doesn't take away from the movie.
Straight Outta Compton makes Notorious look like an after school special.
If you like these guys, you'll love it. If you like rap, you'll love it. If you don't like any of it, you still may like the movie.
Highly recommended. 9/10
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