Juice (film)
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 DVD cover for Juice. |
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| Directed by | Ernest R. Dickerson |
| Produced by | Peter Frankfurt, David Heyman, Neal H. Moritz |
| Written by | Ernest R. Dickerson, Gerard Brown |
| Starring | Tupac Shakur, Omar Epps, Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins, Khalil Kain, Samuel L. Jackson |
| Music by | Gary G-Wiz |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 17, 1992 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Language | English |
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Juice is a 1992 drama film that has gained a certain classic status. The movie stars Tupac Shakur and Omar Epps. The film has an additional cast that includes Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins, Khalil Kain, and Samuel L. Jackson. There are cameo appearances in the film by Queen Latifah, EPMD, Ed Lover, Dr Dre, Fab Five Freddy, and Treach. The film was directed by Ernest R. Dickerson who has directed and written other Hollywood films such as the Surviving the Game and Bulletproof as well as some television series such as ER and The Wire.
The film touches on the lives of four urban youths growing up in Harlem. It follows the day to day activities in the young men's lives starting out as innocent mischief but growing more serious as time passes by. It also focuses on the struggles that these young men must go through everyday as well such as police, harassment, and their families.
The film was released by Paramount Pictures in January of 1992. The movie went on to gross over twenty million dollars at the box office and considering the low budget of the film it was considered a success. The film was shot on location in New York City mainly in the Harlem area.
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[edit] Synopsis
Bishop, Q, Raheem and Steel who refer to themselves as "The Wrecking Crew", are four friends growing up in Harlem. They regularly skip school, and spend their days at a neighborhood arcade and a record store stealing LPs. They are generally harassed everyday by the police or a local gang led by a man named Radames. One day, the boys grow tired of this harassment and decide that they will go all out in order to win respect. They go to a local store run by a man called Quiles, intending to rob the place. In the process, Bishop ends up murdering Quiles, an act that begins his spiral into darkness.
After the boys flee the scene, they meet in an abandoned building and begin to argue about the evening's events. Raheem and Bishop begin to argue with each other, and Raheem tries to take the gun back from Bishop. A struggle ensues and Bishop shoots Raheem. The boys panic and run to another building. While there, Bishop threatens to kill the other two if they tell anyone else about what Bishop has done.
The other two boys talk to each other and agree to avoid Bishop as much as possible although they end up seeing him at Raheem's funeral, even going so far as to hugging Raheem's mother and promising to find whoever killed Raheem. They are mostly successful in their attempts to avoid Bishop but he ends up confronting them one at a time, questioning their loyalty.
Bishop ends up killing the rival gang leader Radames after a scuffle and begins to frame Q as the murderer of Quiles, Raheem, and Radames. Q looks for help and ends up getting a gun of his own for protection. While he is doing this, Bishop meets with Steel and leads him to an empty alley, where he shoots him, accusing him of disloyalty. Steel actually lives and makes it to the hospital and informs Q's girlfriend that he is being framed by Bishop. Q and Bishop finally meet up and a scuffle and chase ensues during this meeting. Q is chased into a building then a party by Bishop, where Q disarms the gun away from Bishop and the chase ends on the roof of a high-rise. The two boys scuffle until Bishop is hanging on to the edge where Q is holding him but Q loses his grip and Bishop falls to his death.
As Q leaves the rooftop of the building, a crowd from the party has gathered to observe what happened. One of the people in the crowd turns to Q and says, "Yo, you got the juice now man." Q turns and looks at him, shakes his head and walks away. The film ends with a clip of the four friends together in happier times.
[edit] Taglines
- Power. Respect. Juice. How far would you go to get it?
- In the ghettos of Harlem you don't buy respect, you earn it.
- Do You Know What I Am Crazy, And Do You Know What Else I Dont Give A F***
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Tupac Shakur | Roland Bishop |
| Omar Epps | Quincy 'Q' Powell |
| Khalil Kain | Raheem Porter |
| Cindy Herron | Yolanda |
| Vincent Laresca | Radames |
| Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins | Eric 'Steel' Thurman |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Trip |
[edit] Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released on December 31, 1991 on MCA Records. It reached #17 on the Billboard 200.
[edit] Tracklist
- Naughty By Nature - Uptown Anthem (3:03)
- Eric B. & Rakim - Juice (Know The Ledge) (4:00)
- Teddy Riley feat. Tammy Lucas - Is It Good To You? (4:17)
- MC Pooh - Sex, Money & Murder (2:49)
- Big Daddy Kane - 'Nuff Respect (2:57)
- Too $hort - So You Want To Be A Gangster (4:05)
- EPMD - It's Going Down (4:12)
- Aaron Hall - Don't Be Afraid (5:18)
- Salt-N-Pepa - He's Gamin' On Ya (3:35)
- Cypress Hill - Shoot 'Em Up (3:38)
- Juvenile Committee - Flipside (4:12)
- Son Of Bazerk - What Could Be Better Bitch (3:01)
- Rahiem - Does Your Man Know About Me? (5:11)
- Brand New Heavies - People Get Ready (Remix) (4:00)
[edit] Singles
- Aaron Hall - Don't Be Afraid
- Teddy Riley feat. Tammy Lucas - Is It Good To You?
- Eric B. & Rakim - Juice (Know The Ledge)
- 2pac - Brenda's Got A Baby
[edit] External links
- Juice at the Internet Movie Database
- Juice at Rotten Tomatoes
