Indifference is the best word to describe my feelings when I heard about this film. I never intended to see it in cinema, and if it wasn't for some friends suggesting it - as there was nothing else on that I would waste my time seeing - then I never would have seen it.
The progression of the lives of the main characters from children to adults almost seems to fictional to be true. Fuelled by their passion for music and success despite the Compton backdrop of gangs, drugs and violence, and turning their rage from their constant prejudice and mistreatment into a relatable political stature is truly powerful.
Despite the pain, despite the struggle and despite the oppression, there was a lighter side to the group, they didn't let the fact that they could be arrested for walking funny get them down. They laughed, at one another, with one another and they had each others back, no matter what would happen later on you could see that they had a connection, they were more than friends, they were brothers.
Naturally music is a huge component of this film, but I think it works so well because the music the artists make is about their lives, and so you find yourself nodding along to the beat, raising a hand to testify, and feeling as though you have gone through the same struggle they have, as essentially you have witnessed it to... Not quite on the mean streets of Compton, but from a comfortable cinema seat on a Sony 4k Digitally Projected Screen.
Despite the irony of me writing this review for you, I think for me going into this film more or less blind, with no expectations or prior historical knowledge of the films basis, really allowed me to be more receptive.
Hands down this is probably one of the best films I have seen this year, so I suggest you get straight outta your house and go and see it.
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