South central

south central is 1992 drama film written & directed by steve anderson

this based on the novel gang war in south central by lawrence robinson

a former school teacher in south central california

the film stars tom hanks macaulay culkin and willam dafoe

plot summary
rob ( tom hanks ) is aging white gang member of the crips

who gets convicted & jailed for murder of rival rob girlfirend louise holly hunter gives birth to his son

rob jr [ macaulay culkin while in prison he converts to christianity matures himself & changes his life

decides he wants to life a honest life after serving his 10 year sentence

he returns to neighberhood he onced controlled south central along with his gang

his childhood friend roy [ peter scorili ] is leader of crips

louise has become junkie & rob jr has become junior member of crips  with rob as mentor

rob must use everything he learned from prison to save his son from violent future of gang life

cast

 * tom hanks - rob
 * peter scorili - roy
 * michael mardsen - crazy
 * holly hunter - louise
 * tom cruise - lamp
 * kevin spacey -grizzly
 * michael ironside - polor bear
 * rob lowe - young gun
 * macaulay culkin - rob jr
 * eddie vedder - mr right

soundtrack
main article south central (soundtrack)

a soundtrack contaning grudge heavy metal & rock music was released on september 18 1992 on hollywood records