Juice

Name: Juice
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: January 17, 1992
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins, Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur

1992

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: January 17, 1992 | R

Starring: Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins, Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur

Summary: Four Harlem friends—Bishop (Tupac Shakur), Q (Omar Epps), Steel (Jermaine Hopkins) and Raheem (Khalil Kain)—dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night ofFour Harlem friends—Bishop (Tupac Shakur), Q (Omar Epps), Steel (Jermaine Hopkins) and Raheem (Khalil Kain)—dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer.… Expand

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Owen Gleiberman

The film is an inflammatory morality play shot through with rage and despair. Read full review

Juice may be disjointed and at times amateurish, but its lack of sentimentality saves it. [17 Jan 1992, p.D1]

Patricia Smith

Juice is a film about choices. The right ones. The tragically wrong ones. There will be comparisons to Matty Rich's brilliant "Straight Out of Brooklyn," but Dickerson's effort is more richly textured, more grounded in an ordinary kid's point of view. And Dickerson's dogged determination to film from that perspective has resulted in a film rich in the right lingo, the right clothes, the right attitudes. [17 Jan 1992, p.67]

Hal Lipper

Spike Lee's cinematographer Ernest R. Dickerson demonstrates he has the juice to be a top-notch director with Juice. His directorial debut commands respect. What it needs is a deeper story to match its fine acting and visual panache. [17 Jan 1992, p.5]

Ted Mahar

Juice is well done and sincere and the cast of newcomers is pretty good. As the story progresses, it leaves a realistic story and settings for routine chase melodrama. Its pacifist message is inarguable, but too obvious to be exciting. [17 Jan 1992, p.AE13]

David Ansen

Poised halfway between the action conventions of "New Jack City" and the personal grit of "Straight Out of Brooklyn," Juice doesn't have the pizzaz or the insight, to satisfy as either exploitation or art. Dickerson and his fresh young cast make it move; it just doesn't move very far. Read full review

Jay Boyar

It's a fairly intriguing (and, surprisingly non-exploitative) premise, but director/co-writer Ernest R. Dickerson is lost when it comes to devising situations that would suggest what goes on inside his characters' heads. These people are all exactly what they appear to be on the surface, which isn't very involving. [17 Jan 1992, p.20]

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3ebfan511

Feb 5, 2018

An Urban classic. No idea how I am just seeing it now. Boyznthahood is one of my favorite films, and Juice is kind of like Boyznthahood with a Harlem/NYC flavor instead. Also a career defining performance by Tupac Amaru Shakur that might have been a little too real, and possibly hauntedAn Urban classic. No idea how I am just seeing it now. Boyznthahood is one of my favorite films, and Juice is kind of like Boyznthahood with a Harlem/NYC flavor instead. Also a career defining performance by Tupac Amaru Shakur that might have been a little too real, and possibly haunted him in real life. Bonus: authentic early 90's Harlem location.… Expand

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royalguy07

Sep 7, 2023

Its not exactly layered but the performances are really good and the intrigue and suspense lasts until the very final shot.

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