A Short Cut Movie Review is normally less than 400 words, but in some cases may go slightly over. This is my attempt to keep writing about as many films as I see without getting bogged down with trying to find more to say. They are meant to be brief snapshots of my reaction to a movie without too much depth.
When I watched Colors a few years ago I discovered what felt like an incredibly dated piece of urban
crime drama. Reading old reviews I found the original reception hailed it as
gritty and realistic. In the case of Boyz
N the Hood, I had already seen it several times before watching it again
recently, but still found much of it very dated. Perhaps it’s a general problem
with all urban crime dramas of that period that they now feel like they’re from
another era.
