Straight Out of Brooklyn
More powerful than Boyz N the Hood. Truer than New Jack City.
5/22/1991
Imdb: tt0102989
Tmdb: 94072
Popularity: 2.102
Vote: 6.2/10 (8)

A Special Jury Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this drama stars a then-19-year-old Matty Rich (who also wrote and directed it). Rich plays Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn who decides he wants out and turns to crime to fund his escape. But his plan involves scamming the neighborhood's biggest drug kingpin, a heist that's dangerous at best.