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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The opening flyby set to an instrumental of Music/IceCube's "Ghetto Bird", and the end credits song "Streiht-Up Menace" by MC Eiht. Hell yeah.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The violence of this film rises to intense levels.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Invoked. Unlike ''Flim/BoyzNTheHood'', this film has no one to get emotionally attached to and there are no sympathetic characters in the film considering the main characters Caine (who pretty much embraces the crime life) and O-Dog (who murders people in a usually sadistic manner without any motives or justifications) are at war with gangs who they aren't much different from. The whole film is a dark representation of exactly how dangerous the streets of Watts really are.

* DracoInLeatherPants: O Dog
* EnsembleDarkHorse: Larenz Tate as O Dog.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Invoked. Unlike ''Flim/BoyzNTheHood'', this film has no one to get emotionally attached to and there are no sympathetic characters in the film considering the main characters Caine (who pretty much embraces the crime life) and O-Dog (who murders people in a usually sadistic manner without any motives or justifications) are at war with gangs who they aren't much different from. The whole film is a dark representation of exactly how dangerous the streets of Watts really is.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Invoked. Unlike ''Flim/BoyZNTheHood'', this film has no one to get emotionally attached to and there are no sympathetic characters in the film considering the main characters Caine (who pretty much embraces the crime life) and O-Dog (who murders people in a usually sadistic manner without any motives or justifications) are at war with gangs who they aren't much different from. The whole film is a dark representation of exactly how dangerous the streets of Watts really is.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Invoked. Unlike ''Flim/BoyzInTheHood'', this film has no one to get emotionally attached to and there are no sympathetic characters in the film considering the main characters Caine (who pretty much embraces the crime life) and O-Dog (who murders people in a usually sadistic manner without any motives or justifications) are at war with gangs who they aren't much different from.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The opening flyby set to an instrumental of IceCube's ''Ghetto Bird'', and the end credits song ''Streiht-Up Menace'' by MC Eiht. Hell yeah.

* OneSceneWonder: ''Creator/SamuelLJackson'' plays Caine's dad in a flashback. He's quite a bit more {{Badass}} here than in ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', which was released the same year.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The opening flyby set to an instrumental of IceCube's ''Ghetto Bird'', and the end credits song ''Streiht-Up Menace'' by MC Eiht. Hell yeah.

** Rival gangsters cross the line when they shoot a young man and Caine without reason. Furthermore, it gets worse when one of them gets in the car and callously cleans the blood off the windshield with his elbow.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Some people believe that O-Dog has a FreudianExcuse for their misdeeds because frankly feels compelled to be a criminal by the environment in which it is, others see it as a [[TheSociopath callous madman]], homicidal maniac unimpeachable that their only joy seems to be the sadism or kill people.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: This is the point at which the violence of this film comes to intense levels.

** A rival gangsters crossing the line when shot a young man and Caine without reason. Furthermore, it gets worse when one of them gets in the car and cleans the blood off the windshield with his elbow.
* NightmareFuel: Several things that O-Dog and other gangsters can qualify, to some extent they reach a disturbing point.

* TearJerker: Caine's life, and his death.

** A rival gangsters crossing the line when shot a young man and Caine without reason. Furthermore, it gets worse when one of them gets in the car and clean the windshield with the elbow bloodied.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Some people believe that O-Dog has a FreudianExcuse for their misdeeds because frankly feels compelled to be a criminal by the environment in which it is, others see it as a callous madman, homicidal maniac unimpeachable that their only joy seems to be the sadism or kill people.

* {{Complete Monster}}s: The film actually manages to downplay the monstrosity of the two gang-bangers: O-Dog and A-Wax. Go look their counterpoints in the real life up and cringe. Note that Caine feels enough disgusted of the nature of these guys.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Basically, this is the point at which the violence of this film comes to intense levels.

* TearJerker: Damn, the film gets several of these moments.

* {{Complete Monster}}s: Once again, the film actually manages to downplay the monstrosity of the two gang-bangers: O-Dog and A-Wax. Go look their counterpoints in the real life up and cringe. Note that Caine feels enough disgusted of the nature of these guys.

* CompleteMonster: O-Dog and A-Wax, well, they are very risky in this territory due to the extremely aggressive and sadistic behavior. O-Dog not only crosses the MoralEventHorizon (see bellow), he is a homicidal maniac willing to kill for the smallest things. Note that Caine was quite disgusted at the nature of these two.

* CompleteMonster: O-Dog and A-Wax, well, they are very risky in this territory due to the extremely aggressive and sadistic behavior. O-Dog not only crosses the MoralEventHorizon (see bellow), he is a homicidal maniac willing to kill for the smallest things.

* CompleteMonster: Caine's father. His own son seems to be very upset by how he was raised. Furthermore, it implies that beat his wife (who was a drug addict) and even killed their negotiators in the smallest things. Although it is somewhat implied that he has done worse things before this.
** Also, depending on your point of view, O-Dog.
** The rival gangsters who shot him to Caine and another gang member in the car (killing) may also qualify. [[ForTheLulz They did this without any apparent reason]].

** A rival gangsters crossing the line when shot a young man and Caine without reason. Furthermore, it gets worse when one of them gets in the car and clean the windshield with the elbow bloodied.

* CompleteMonster: Caine's father. His own son seems to be very upset by how he was raised. Furthermore, it implies that beat his wife (who was a drug addict) and even killed their negotiators in the smallest things.
** Also, depending on your point of view, O-Dog.

* MoralEventHorizon: O-Dog crosses this at the very beginning when he murders the AsianStoreOwner and his wife. Worse, he then uses the security footage as entertainment for he and his friends.

* CompleteMonster: Depending on your point of view, O-Dog.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Like ''BoyzNTheHood'', the movie brings realistic depiction of hood life, but darker.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Like ''BoyzNTheHood'', the movie brings realistic depiction of hood life, but darker.