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Juice

Juice

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

19927.21h 36m

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.

Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Written by Gerard Brown, Ernest R. Dickerson
Produced by Neal H. Moritz, Peter Frankfurt, David Heyman
Box OfficeBudget: $5.0MRevenue: $20.1M

Top Cast

Omar Epps

Omar Epps

Quincy 'Q' Powell

Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur

Roland Bishop

Khalil Kain

Khalil Kain

Raheem Porter

Jermaine Hopkins

Jermaine Hopkins

Steel

Cindy Herron

Cindy Herron

Yolanda

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Trip

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah

Ruffhouse M.C.

Vincent Laresca

Vincent Laresca

Radames

Michael Badalucco

Michael Badalucco

Detective Kelly

Donald Faison

Donald Faison

Student

Themes & Keywords

rap musichip-hopstreet gang

About Juice

Juice is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1992 exploring themes of rap music, hip-hop, street gang. Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, it stars Omar Epps, Tupac Shakur, Khalil Kain. 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.

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