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Juice

1992 · 96 min

A tense, tragic slide from friendship into paranoia and violence, carried by raw young performances and a mounting sense of doom.

Directed by
Ernest R. Dickerson
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Khalil Kain
Tagline
In the Ghettos of Harlem you don't buy respect... you earn it.
Overview
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- 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 in a game where everything's for keeps.

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Directed by
Ernest R. Dickerson
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Starring
Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Khalil Kain
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • violence
  • coming-of-age
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Ernest R. Dickerson
Written by
Ernest R. Dickerson, Gerard Brown
Starring
Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Khalil Kain, Jermaine Hopkins, Cindy Herron, Samuel L. Jackson, Queen Latifah, Vincent Laresca
Music
The Bomb Squad, Hank Shocklee
Cinematography
Larry Banks
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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