when john singleton be on and he on . and this be one of his good film . not quite as tight a boyz n the hood and but close to it ( and with much of the same stellar cast ) . this film be very well write and very well put together and and very well shot . there very little to criticize and and most of my complaint be superficial ( eg represent where do fudge get the money for 6 year of college and a lot of expensive stuff . no mention of a rich background . and why doesn not professor phibbs have an office . a professor of his stature should have one . and while be at it and for an engineering student and hick or not and remy a pretty dumb character i would think that he would have a bit more in the way of basic intelligence he talk and act like a total buffoon ) . but that aside and the film be very sharp . a good array of character and point of view while and singleton doesn not take side in the story many of the character be unsympathetic and and he do a good job of intersperse the panther and supremacist scene together to show the folly on both side . much of the cinematography be excellent while i especially love the scene where kirsty swanson get intimate with taryn and wayne each scene splice together really well . also the malik or deja scene be really well shot as well . the dialogue be a bit much at time while this film have a tendency to get really preachy at time and and it also tend to hammer the point it be make over your head when the point would be just a clear with out the bluntness ( we really do not need the u flag with unlearn type onto it and give some credit and be not moron . ) . and to top it off and although most of the time singleton use melodrama quite well and sometimes it get way too cheezy ( like deja death and which be fine until she scream out why . which simply ruin the entire effect and scene ) . but the acting and in general and be top of the line . fabulous performance by omar epps ( perhaps the best i have ever see ) and kirsty swanson ( who know buffy could act . ) and michael rapaport ( surprise the hell out of me . after true romance and beautiful girl i though he be a one role actor ) and and of course ice cube and laurence fishburne be always outstanding . downside . jennifer connelly be flat while though it not completely her fault represent her role be stereotypical and one dimensional . generic to the high degree . and tyra bank and who have the role and be nothing short of horrid . she whine and whine and whine . yet another in the long line of model turn actress who fail miserably ( though there be a few who prove the exception to this rule ) . finally and the soundtrack . wow . an amazing soundtrack ( which be definitely worth buying . ) which fit the film like a glove . each scene have a twin song ( although the tori amos song start to really annoy me by the end . not her best work ) . liz phair and rage against the machine and ice cube . how can one go wrong . all in all represent a really good watch and a really strong cast and great script and great film . positive .