Release Date
August 14, 2015
DVD Release Date
January 19, 2016 (Buy on Amazon)
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Running Time
147 minutes
MPAA Rating
Rated R for language throughout, strong sexuality/nudity, violence, and drug use
In the mid-1980s, the streets of Compton, California, were some of the most dangerous in the country. When five young men translated their experiences growing up into brutally honest music that rebelled against abusive authority, they gave an explosive voice to a silenced generation. Following the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A., STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON tells the astonishing story of how these youngsters revolutionized music and pop culture forever the moment they told... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
Poor Straight Outta Compton. The biopic that made a ton of money and received tremendously good reviews raps its way onto Blu-ray and DVD, conveniently timed to be available to own just a few days after Oscar nominations were announced. Like that time you smiled at that pretty girl only to realize in horror that she was actually smiling at her friend standing behind you, Straight Outta Compton no doubt arrives having had some expectations of being nominated for Best Picture, only to be largely left naked and ignored.
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