Film Review – Straight Outta Compton

On the album cover of the 1988 N.W.A. album, “Straight Outta Compton,” there are six men displayed. The N.W.A. bio-pic, “Straight Outta Compton,” only focuses on three members of the group. For some, emphasis on rappers Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E is a no-brainer, with the artists forming the identity and sound of the band. However, for dramatic purposes, the highlighting of only half the group immediately rings false. In fact, much of “Straight Outta Compton” comes across as fiction, with screenwriters Andrea Berloff and Jonathan Herman trying to create a superhero origin story that keeps the brand names happy, making Dre and Cube the stars of the show, preserving their reputations as they cloud the true creative nucleus of the group. The picture isn’t really a biography, it’s an application for sainthood. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com