More than just a biopic. Compton will leave you revved like a '64.

Rating: 8/10 (30 September 2015)

I've seen a lot of forgettable films this year. Straight Outta Compton isn't one of them.
Even if (like me), you're not too familiar with the West Coast hip hop scene, the fact that N.W.A are still relevant twenty years on is reason enough to check out their story. Directed by Gary Gray (Friday, The Italian Job), the film follows friends O'Shea 'Ice Cube' Jackson (played by his son O'Shea Jackson Jr), Andre 'Dr Dre' Young (Corey Hawkins) and Eric 'Eazy-E' Wright (Jason Mitchell), who dream of breaking out of 1980's Compton, Los Angeles and becoming rap stars.
You'll leave the cinema pumping your fists, downloading N.W.A's entire back catalogue and questioning whether the racist, violence-fuelled world the group was born from has really changed much at all. Read my full review here: bit.ly/1OIfdRi