an ice cube film wow and that already big enough . not that ice cube be the big celebrity of the planet and but he be an actor i appreciate while too much . he be honest and simple while pure . he be a rapper and a musician who write song for film and and be good at it and besides be a low profile artist . plus and he be a very good actor who do what he please and like to and never disappoints . with the production company he have and he could have the high ego and but he continue on do his job . in 1998 and he get his chance to direct his movie while his first and only up to date . he wouldn not do the stupid gangster film the other rapper do because he take the job seriously while so seriously he write his own neighborhood and people story and which be unexpectedly touch in it most impressive moment . he have do that type of film before and with independent man john singleton and among others in that film i regret not see yet and boyz n the hood . whether he get inspiration from there or not and i do not care and but the screenplay be his . in his tale and where he also allow a role for him and we meet diana ( a powerful and gripping performance by lisa raye ) and a young girl and aspire journalist with a lot of problem that drive her towards work on a stripper club and to get money and become diamond . in dollar bill ( original bernie mac ) club and the player club and she be not the typical stripper and dance with all the others while she have a special number and and some client . every day she deal with cousin ebony ( monica calhoun ) and who live with her and have more than two time her problem while her unfaithful boyfriend and the different people in the club and include dj blue ( a calm portrayal by jamie foxx ) and who like her . like in any other story and these be not the only one in cube vision there be lot of them and each of them have their own thing that relate to another thing . however and cube always keep the story focus in it center point . his gift a a director ( because he could have suck ) come with the importance he give to the camera . he have a desperate need to show thing as real a possible and even if it be a fiction story and so his camera move like eye most of the time and like afraid of watch what wait on the other side and so the impact be hard when we seed alongside the camera . it be a very effective technique . what be also captivate and remarkable and be how much of him we can see in the film . like director of the league of scorsese or oliver stone and ice cube try to make u see what he see . there be a few scene with enormous violence while glass that break and shooting and people hurt we feel it and and it be hard to watch . i be think about spike lee and and how personal his movie be . i be shock with the end of do the right thing and but i understand it be just spike lee express himself . i do not know what exactly the message lee want to give be and i do not know what be go through his mind at the time and just a i do not know what be ice cube thinking and so he could end up show the player club in flame during the first frame of his movie .