estelastudent Not only was this movie really entertaining, but it was a raw story of how some new york teens go about wanting and having respect. It also shows how friends can backstab each other, which not only happens in new york, but happens everywhere. I could definitely relate to being from NYC. Such a good movie, I definitely recommend watching this movie.

svikasha In the wake of the release of the 2017 Tupac Shakur biopic, "All Eyes on Me", a lot of interest has been drawn to the obscure but underrated 1992 film "Juice". In this film, Tupac debuts in his one and only acting role because his life is tragically taken less than 5 years after the film's release in 1996 at the young age of 25. To his credit, Tupac portrays a struggling Harlem vagrant splendidly. Almost like a professional actor. His performance was eons better than most rapper-turned-actor's attempts at professional acting. It's a shame that this was his only role. In this film, Tupac plays Bishop, a rough street kid who feels like he has something to prove. In the opening scene of the film, a group of Puerto Rican gang members approach Bishop and confront him by asking him, "you got that much juice?" He responds with a sly, "you god damn right. Nobody **** with me". This sets the tone for the rest of the film. Bishop and his three friends Q, Raheem, and Steel grow up together in Harlem and drop out of school to engage in criminal behavior. The most remarkable thing about "Juice" is the character detail. All of the characters are accurate and lively portrayals of Harlem youth in the early 90's. The four youngsters engage in a multitude of criminal behavior ranging from robbing record stores by flirting with the female cashiers to scaring joggers at New York's public parks. The four main characters are clearly up to no good. But Q is the character who is most unsure of how deep he wants to be involved in the life of crime. Bishop and Raheem pursue the lifestyle willingly despite Raheem being the father of a young baby. Bishop on the other hand is not content to taking the straight and narrow path. In one scene, Bishop explains his philosophy to Q by explaining to him, "you gotta snap some collars and let them **********ers know you there to take them out anytime you feel like it. You gotta get the ground beneath your feet partner. Get the wind behind your back and go out in a blaze if you got to. Otherwise you ain't ****. You might as well be dead yo damn self". Compared to Bishop and Raheem, Steel and Q are a bit more geared towards the straight and narrow. However, the option to walk down the clean road is eliminated after one fateful night when the four African American youth from Harlem decide to rob a convenience store owned by an elderly Puerto Rican man who goes by the name of Fernando Quiles. Q initially wants to avoid participating in the robbery. He wants to go to a DJ competition instead. His three friends agree to let him go to the DJ competition, but only in the hopes that it will give them an alibi for their robbery. The DJ battle scene that ensues is central to the plot. It probably inspired the iconic rap battle in Eminem's "8 Mile" that is released a decade later in 2002. The most powerful moment in the film happens after the DJ competition ends when Q joins his crew to go out and rob a convenience store. In the subsequent tragic series of events, one of the four youngsters shoots the convenience store clerk in the back of his head right before everybody was about to leave. It is later revealed that the masked shooter was Bishop. Raheem confronts Bishop for shooting the clerk, and Raheem himself gets shot by Bishop. Bishop is clearly past the point of no return and Q witnesses Bishop attend Raheem's funeral. He sees Bishop talk to Raheem's sister and mother and sees the single mother and baby that Raheem's death left behind. To add insult to injury, Q also loses the DJ competition that he was attending the night of the robbery by default and is frustrated with his consolation prize of a Panasonic boom box. Bishop, Q, and Steel are clearly no longer friends. But there friendship turns dangerous when Bishop confronts Q at their high school and tells his former friend, "You know what? Last time you said that, I was kinda trippin', right? But now, you're right. I am crazy. And you know what else? I don't give a ****. I don't give a **** about you. I don't give a **** about Steel. I don't give a **** about Raheem, either. I don't give a **** about myself. Look, I ain't ****. And you less of a man than me, so as soon as I figure you ain't gon be ****, *pow*! So be it. You remember that, mother*. 'Cause I'm the one you need to be looking out for... *partner*!". After this tense exchange, Bishop ends up killing Steel which sets the stage for the final confrontation between Bishop and Q. The final moments of the film is a struggle between the two former friends which culminates tragically. It is a fitting homage and portrayal of a street vagrant's life in Harlem during the early 90's.

aec-02554 This movie is so dope! My favorite movie-I still have it on VHS ha ha! Mr. Dickerson needs recognition, he did a great job on this movie-from casting to plot to acting. Even the soundtrack is dope. They don't make hood movies like this no mo! I have even more respect for Mr. Dickerson, learning from this site, I didn't know he was from my home state & home town-NEWARK NJ! Huggy too. NOW on to my favorite rapper (pre-fame) who killed his role..oops,no pun intended! Pac was so good, sometimes I think he really wasn't acting-yikes! Tupac had skills though-acting, rapping, just really a damn shame how it all ended. Also learned from this site how Tupac got casted-WOW!What a way to be discovered-just tagging along w/ his friend,Treach to his audition-talk about fate..but very uncanny how his character Bishop, reflected Pac's life-"Who's got the juice now?" is what Tupac is saying from up above, very eerie.

Billy Analog Often times, a lot of Movies that display the activities and lifestyles of young black urban youths of America lead to the stereotypical plague that follows through with it. Many audiences turn the cheek of any sort of interest in such kind of movies due to there raw and realistic elements. In my opinion, I think Juice was a fine movie that examplifies the realistic day to day life of Young Black Youths in the areas where their community is the vast majority. A story that anyone can relate too growing up in these areas where friends can become foes. Every actors character fit the surroundings of average day to day people of the community. While other movies like Menace to Society has substantial plots and shows reason, also brought influence to other youths to become what they see from the movie. In the case with Juice, the writing of Antogonists and Protagonists show that you want to root for the good side, because the bad side was so bad you could simply feel it! Probably my #1 favourite among many urban youth films