this be the story of a man nick name animal . baddest of the bad and animal be the head of a crew in ghetto neighborhood he live in . one day he arrest and send to jail leave behind a wife and child . while in jail for year he continue his violent way and at the same time his son take after his old man and become know a little animal . with the help of a fellow prisoner animal change his way and be eventually parole . back at home he now must struggle with carve a out a new life while try to figure out out how to save his son from end up like him and or bad . i stumble upon this film by accident and i be glad i do . animal be a brutal and heartfelt look at life in the hood and how nothing ever change and and what it take to change thing . it a well told story that have some of the best performance of the year in any film . every one in this movie be excellent from ving rhames on down . the act alone be reason enough to see this film and however there be a very real story be tell . it will move you and break your heart . forgive me i finish the film not long ago and i still feel the effect of this wonderful movie . it leave me with a loss of word . i think all i can really say be see this film and be move too .