michelle rodriguez be the define actress who could be the charge force for other actress to look out for . she have the audacity to place herself in a rarely see tough girl role very early in her career ( and pull it off ) and which be a feat that should be recognize . although her late film pigeonhole her to that same role and this film be make for her ruggedness . her character be a romanticized student or fighter or lover and struggle to overcome her disenchanted existence in the project and which be a little overdone in film . but not by a girl . that aspect of this film isn not very original and but the story go in depth when the heat relationship that this girl have to deal with come to a boil and her primal rage take over . i haven not see an actress take such an aggressive stance in movie making yet and and i be glad that she get that original twist out there in hollywood . this film get a 7 from me because of the average story of ghetto youth and but it have such a great actress portray a rarely see role in a minimal budget movie . great work .