Juice (1992)

"Juice" is about 4 inner-city teens who get caught up in the pursuit of power and happiness, which they refer to as 'the juice'.

Director:

Ernest R. Dickerson

Writers:

Ernest R. Dickerson (story), Gerard Brown (screenplay),

Stars:

Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Omar Epps	...	Q
Tupac Shakur	...	Bishop
Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins	...	Steel (as Jermaine Hopkins)
Khalil Kain	...	Raheem
Cindy Herron	...	Yolanda
Vincent Laresca	...	Radames
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Trip
George Gore II	...	Brian (as George O. Gore)
Grace Garland	...	Q's Mother
Queen Latifah	...	Ruffhouse M.C.
Bruklin Harris	...	Keesha (as Idina Harris)
Victor Campos	...	Quiles
Eric Payne	...	Frank
Sharon Cook	...	Record Store Clerk
Darien Berry	...	Blizzard

Storyline

4 Harlem teens, Q, Bishop, Raheem and Steel, are out skipping school one day when they find out an old friend was killed in a shootout at a bar. After this, Bishop tells his friends that they have no respect, or juice. To get some, they rob a corner grocery store, but the lunatic Bishop intentionally shoots the clerk for no apparent reason. They run into an alley where Raheem tells Bishop to give him the gun, they fight, and Raheem gets shot. Only the other 3 know what happened, and Bishop wants to get rid of them too.

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Plot Keywords:

power | inner city | black american | urban decay | violence | 

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Taglines:

In the Ghettos of Harlem you don't buy respect ...you earn it.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong language, and for some violence

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 January 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Angel Town 2

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$20,146,880 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Island World

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins, Tupac Shakur often walked off the set during filming. As a prank, Hopkins told Shakur that he was being fired from the film. When Shakur found out that it was not true, he started a physical altercation with Hopkins.

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Goofs

When Raheem walks over to take the gun from Bishop a gun can be seen in Bishop's left pocket. Bishop then pulls out a second gun from behind him with his right hand.

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Quotes

Bishop: [to Steel at the video game] One, if I lose, I'm gonna beat that ass. Two, if I lose, I'm gonna beat that ass. So pop two quarters in, pop tart, and let's get this game on, I'll be gettin' that ass!

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Connections

Features Dog Collared (1951)

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Soundtracks

"Flipside"
Written by Ricky Taylor
Performed by Juvenile Committee
Produced by Demetrius Shipp
Courtesy of Grand Jury Entertainment

User Reviews

2pacs amazing transformation

Its hard to belive that Omar Epps was only about 18 while shooting this film & 2pac was only around 20, anyways this movie basically is a different style of african american movies, not showing that everyone in the hood deals with guns, but 2pacs personality had an amazing change in this movie, it was so realistic & his acting is just great. This is Omar Epps & 2pacs debut in movies & both acted very natural. This movie is a lot more convincing & realistic than Higher Learning, ive actually noticed that 2pac is an excellent most of his movies r heaps good e.g. Above the rim, gridlock'd & Gang Related. Anyways i was surprised at how good this film was. I rate this movie 8.5 / 10