Juice

Juice

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

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Release Date

1/17/1992

Runtime

96 mins

Overview

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$20,146,880

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A propulsive descent into how peer pressure and the hunger for respect can corrode friendship and change lives overnight. Juice captures the intoxicating rush and devastating consequences of street life through the eyes of four Harlem kids who can't agree on what they want, or what they're willing to do to get it.

Mood

TenseDefiantParanoidBittersweet

Themes

FriendshipAmbitionPowerComing apart

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violenceRacial violence

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