Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (1 September 2015)

The film is a masterpiece. Unlike what everyone would expect from a film bearing such a name about such an iconic Hip-Hop group of pioneers, Straight Outta Compton encapsulated both a strong emotional storyline and the raw gritty movement of street knowledge at that time. There are some scenes that certain viewers may find a little "too far" but both the director's (F. Gary Gray) talent and Jason Mitchell's (Eazy E) gift to add humour to the film really eased off what could have been a bit too hard to hear/watch. The music in the film is good and mixed in well. My initial fear was that the film may come across as a musical but in fact, this well written biopic entertains the masses. Hard core N.W.A fans will straight away pick up that some parts of the "beef" Dr. Dre had with Eazy E was written out of the film. Well, I guess if this was added in, the atmosphere of the film would have drastically change and make characters into villains. Overall, the film was well written and all the actors and director performed well.