خلاصه داستان : مردی که به مدت 10 سال در زندان بوده، بالاخره آزاد می شود و می خواهد یک زندگی معمولی داشته باشد و دست از خلاف بردارد، اما اکنون پسرش راه او را در پیش گرفته است و...

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.

خلاصه داستان : زندگی سه مرد جوان که در محله یهودی نشین کرنشاو در لس آنجلس زندگی می کنند را دنبال می کند و سوالات نژادی ، روابط ، خشونت و چشم اندازهای آینده را تجزیه می کند.

Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.