Straight Outta Compton

F. Gary Gray's Straight Outta Compton is a story of outsiders turned insiders, creativity and conflict, rivalry and respectability. Despite the controversy that has sometimes surrounded the founding figures of West Coast rap in the mid-1980s, this comes across as a deliberately conventional musical biopic. there are two sides to this film that make it enjoyable but also make it lackluster. The soundtrack is simply astounding their old music coupled with the new soundtrack “Compton” released by Dr Dre for the film in conjuction with the action of the film is breathtaking, full-on and dramatic and the actual story they are telling is an extremely powerful one, about the struggle discrimination and animosity they received throughout the time. These two factors really lay the foundation for a successful film, however, a lot of the delivery is lost through poor casting and acting. Many of the actors in the film lack experience and it shows the delivery is often week or unconvincing and the acting nervous in a sense. For this reason Straight outta Compton gets 2/5 stars