Dope 2015 Film #dopefilm #hiphop

September 30, 2015 bossjustjun Leave a comment

Dope is a film that came out in 2015, with a high focus on telling the story of regular people in the hood, with characters that you can relate to and seem familiar, utilizing a dramatic and comic approach to the story. The film also has a high focus on hip hop music and culture, even utilizing a popularized slang of “Dope” which means it is very awesome and fantastic. The film also centers around crime and drugs, school, community, and race. My opinion is that it is a very well made movie and I thoroughly enjoyed the film. Dope is literally a dope movie…

The film centers on 3 main characters, which are Malcolm Adekanbi, Jib, & Diggy. They are all obsessed with golden era hip hop and are high school students and live in the “Bottoms” part of Inglewood, California. They’re considered geeks and are bullied by gang members at times. Malcolm has a dream to attend Harvard, however his counselor, dismisses his endeavors. His counselor, Mr. Bailey, refers him to AJ for college admissions.

At this point, the trio head home from school only to almost be jumped by dope dealers and as well as avoiding a Blood set. Malcolm befriends Dom, a dope dealer, and they start chatting. Through a turn of events, he also meets Nakia, through Dom. Dom takes a shine to Malcolm and their love of hip hop and he gets invited to Dom’s birthday party at a club. Malcolm goes there with his two best friends. This is where the story gets interesting and Malcolm and his two best friends end up involved in various drama involving drugs and parties…

I will leave the rest out, so as to not completely ruin the film for you…

Dope is a movie that is very good at telling a story, well planned out, and written well whereby the story and characters are likable and have a feeling of dejavu to even your own neighborhood and upbringing. The stories and people are colorful, with fantastic delivery of comedy and crime drama rolled into one. The music for the film is also dope, especially to people who like golden era hip hop more than modern mainstream music. I highly recommend the film.