Adam Davie

Aug 17, 2024 | letterboxd.com | Robert Daniels |Adam Davie |Noreen Plabutong

This essay contains detailed spoilers for Boyz n the Hood and Menace II Society. “RICKY!” If you’ve watched John Singleton’s urgent 1991 directorial debut Boyz n the Hood, you can probably hear the exact tenor, feel the exact voltage, breakdown to your knees with the exact force felt by Tre and Ricky’s mother and girlfriend over Morris Chestnut’s slain football player.