During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.
South Central has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of South Central (1992)
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South Central was released in 1992 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 69 reviews, giving South Central (1992) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 91%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 73%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with South Central than critics were.
With a score of 70%, South Central is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1992, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1992 with similar scores include films like Bitter Moon, Chaplin and Bad Lieutenant.
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