Juice

Director: Ernest Dickerson, Ernest R. Dickerson Ernest Dickerson

Overview

Cinematographer Ernest R. Dickerson directed and co-wrote this crime drama about a group of friends who get involved in a robbery. Bishop (Tupac Shakur), Q (Omar Epps), Raheem (Khalil Kain), and Steel (Jermaine Hopkins) are four Harlem friends who spend their days skipping school, getting in fights, and casually shoplifting. The only member of the group who has plans for the future is Q, who dreams of becoming a deejay. But one day Bishop happens to see James Cagney in White Heat and the film inspires him to buy a gun. His plan is to rob a corner store and split the money. Everyone goes along with the plan except for Q, who is competing that night in a deejay contest. At the club, Q is a rousing success, but he spies the stern faces of his friends through the cheering crowd and realizes that he has to go along with the robbery, which goes completely wrong.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/06/2017
UPC:	0032429257345
Original Release:	1992
Rating:	R
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:34:00
Sales rank:	16,101

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by Director Ernest R. Dickerson; You've Got the Juice Now - The making of the film, with insight from the filmmakers and cast; The Wrecking Crew - A look at the cast; Sip the Juice: The Music - A look at the music of the film; Stay in the Scene: The Interview - A vintage interview with the four main cast members

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Omar Epps	Quincy "Q"
Tupac Shakur	Bishop
Jermaine Hopkins	Steel,Actor
Khalil Kain	Raheem
Cindy Herron	Yolanda
Vincent Laresca	Radames
Samuel L. Jackson	Trip
George O. Gore	Brian
Grace Garland	Quincy's Mother
Queen Latifah	Ruffhouse M.C.
Idina Harris	Keesha,Keesha
Victor Campos	Quiles
Eric Payne	Frank
Sharon Cook	Record Store Clerk
Darien Berry	Blizzard
Maggie Rush	Myra
Mark 'Flex' Knox	Contest Auditioner
Rony Clanton	Detective Markham
Michael Badalucco	Detective Kelly
Jacqui Dickerson	Sweets
Pablo Guzman	TV Reporter
Randy Frazier	Steel's Father
LaTanya Richardson	Steel's Mother
Oran 'Juice' Jones	Snappy Nappy Dugout,Raheem's Mother
Mitchell Marchand	Kid at Trip's
Corwin Moore	Sam
Birdie M. Hale	Bishop's Grandma
L.B. Williams	Bishop's Father
Donald Adeosun Faison	Student
Eddie Joe	Bartender
John Patrick McLaughlin	1st Cop
Norman Douglass	2nd Cop
Christopher Rubin	Doctor
Juanita Troy-Keitt	Homeless Woman
Ed Lover	Contest Judge
Dr. Dre	Contest Judge
Fab 5 Freddy	Himself
Erik Sermon	Bar Patron
Parrish Smith	Bar Patron
John Di Benedetto	Cop #3
Cindy Heron	Actor

Technical Credits

Ernest R. Dickerson

Gerard Brown

Edward Drohan III	Special Effects
Edward Drohan IV	Special Effects
Peter Frankfurt	Producer
David Heyman	Producer
Neal H. Moritz	Producer
Jeff Ward	Stunts
Ernest Dickerson	Director
Ernest R. Dickerson	Director,Screenwriter
Chuck Jeffreys	Stunts
Gerard Brown	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

The directorial debut of Spike Lee's cinematographer Ernest Dickerson is as good-looking as one would expect, but remains a routine tale of the grim lot of impoverished African-American youth. Unhappy with the level of "juice" (respect) he gets on the mean streets he's forced to walk, Bishop Tupac Shakur persuades the three friends of his crew (Omar Epps, Kalil Kain, and Jermaine Hopkins) that they need to get a gun to commit a robbery. Although there's nothing terribly amiss with the film, there is also nothing here one hasn't seen many times before, and Dickerson's script fails to provide the characters or their situation with the kind of depth or insight that might take it to the next level. The film also lacks an overall sense of pace, and the individual scenes themselves have little rhythm. However, Shakur, who died of gunshot wounds a couple of years after the film's release, and Epps are convincing, and the dark palette of Dickerson's camerawork evokes the somberness of the fate enshrouding these young lives.