this be not an uplifting film and nor do it try to be . a young black man try to survive in the hood and deal with the mess he create . the typical stereotype abound . unemployed and illegitimate child and crime . the main character be always conscious of the possibility of be kill on the street . part of the plot be that a part of him want to escape and but he know no other way to exist . you could sit in the passenger seat of a car driving through compton or watt and run a camcorder out the window for about 90 minute and come up with the same thing . ( provide you survive the trip ) there be a few strange twist in this film and such a the mother son dynamic and the battle of good vs. evil feature snoop doggy dogg .