Customer Reviews

Dead Homiez

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I give Dead Homiez 3 1/2 stars. When i first read about it in the video store, i had to see it... so i did... and personally felt it could of used more documentary footage. I didn't really dig the funeral scenes of pooh bear, etc... i sort of thought that was fictional, but i guess its real, since i read the reviews from the rest of you below. It's a good movie, i found it to be a little boring... but i wish that the people who shot it oculd of done a better job, becuase i found it really hard to hear what the loc's from Grape Street Watts were saying... that's my only beef with this movie... the fact that stuff was hard to hear... and my volume was up and my house was empty... but stuff was hard to hear... ( i don't have a hearing prob either...

This video is well worth getting. I have the DVD version but I've seen the VHS and there is no benefit to getting the DVD. Both are full-screen, and there are no extras on DVD. Picture quality and indexing problems on the DVD suggest that the VHS version is better (until a new master appears on DVD).
Basically this doco contains the following:
1) a dramatisation of the real story of a cousin of the director -- the cousin (Pooh Bear) is a blood who is killed in payback for the killing of Cartoon, a member of a crip gang. In turn Pooh Bear's little brother gets into some payback of his own when released from jail on a furlough to attend the funeral of Pooh Bear. In general this part is good, and contains some underground hard-core g-funk in the funeral scene and there is some cool scenes with lowriders in those sections too.
2) An interview with KAM, a rapper who many probably know ('Neva Again', 'Made in America', 'Kamnesia'), and his homies Lay Back and Big Solo etc. This part is good if you like KAM, if not it's relatively short.
3) Crips Roster. Interviews with actual crips from LA. Goes through several neighbourhoods. Interviews here are very good, especially the one with Big Loc and Lil Loc of Grape Street. Some cool lowriders here, the usual 63's etc but also some later chevys.
4) Bloods roster. Interviews with actual bloods from LA. Some great interviews here but you may need an interpreter, know what I'm sayin? P-Funk every day. No lowriders here, some nice red shoes though and for the ladies there are some pretty built homies here ;-) EXTRA SPECIAL FEATURE: interviews with rappers Hi-C and 2nd II None. Tha D looks like he may have been hitting the pipe at this time though -- sorry D! Interviews cool though.
5) Biggie & Tupac. Yes, there is a little bit at the end with Biggie and Tupac, where they bust a freestyle rap together over drinks. If you like Biggie or Tupac this part is good, if not it's at the end of the tape, so ... Personally I would have preferred some more doco footage, or maybe an interview with DJ Quik!

This Is A Great Movie To Get,Especially If You're A Blood. The Interviews With The Bloods And Crips Are Very Interesting. I Would Buy THis DVD It Is Worth Every Penny!

I AM A THIRTY SIX YEAR OLD WHITE MALE LIVING IN CALIFORNIA I HAVE THREE BOYS. I FELT FOR A WHILE THAT I WOULD LOSE THEM TO GANG VIOLENCE, I WAS LOST WITH NO WAY TO COMUNICATE WITH THEM UNTIL I RENTED THIS VIDEO (DEAD HOMIEZ) IT OPENED MY MIND TO WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE AND HONESTLY BRIDGED THE GAP BETWEEN ME AND MY SONS, I WAS ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND WATCH THE VIDEO WITH THEM AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS WE WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, BEFORE I FELT HELPLESS AGAINST THIS GANG THING BUT (DEAD HOMIEZ) HAS GIVEN ME THE AMUNITION I NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM HEAD ON,I THANK THE DIRECTOR BILLY WRIGHT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE FILMS FROM THIS PEACEMAKER!

20% was the plot on the jacket case
40% was preaching from gang members telling you to stop violence and not follow their lifestyle
40% was funeral/preaching/singing/mourning

I heard there is a live preformance and other stuff
give some feed back {those who have seen it} I heard this is a good video as well!

I FEEL THAT DEAD HOMIES IS A REAL REALITY CHECK. BEING A SINGLE MOTHER RAISING TWO CHILDREN IN THE GHETTO, THIS MOVIE HAS OPENED MY EYES TO WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON OUT THERE IN THE HOOD. SHOOTING, KILLING, ROBBING, STEALING ARE JUST TO MENTION A FEW OF THE PROBLEMS THAT OUR YOUNG AND OLD COMMUNITY MEMBERS FALL SUBJECT TO IN THE THE GHETTO. DEAD HOMIES LET ME KNOW THAT IF WE AS A NATION DON'T TRY AND BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND GANG VOILENCE THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO DESTROY OUR WORLD!

this is an excellent DVD, especially the interview footage with the crips and bloods. if you like lowrider chevvies the crips roster and the dramatic re-enactment sections have some sweet ones too, and some choice underground gangsta rap tracks. KAM, Hi-C, and 2nd II None also appear in the interviews.
The only criticism I have is with the quality of the disc. I have a Pioneer DV-344 and experienced some glitches in the second half (the bloods part) of the feature, with the visuals becoming pixellated and jamming up the first time I played it, but none since thankfully. A friend had serious sound and visual problems in his Grundig player in the same part. This would seem to indicate indexing problems with the master, and some players are obviously more sensitive than others. If your player is more sensitive than some, think twice about this item. Also there are no special features on this disc.
I'd give the feature itself 5 stars, but this DVD is little improved on the VHS (it's full screen, no special features) and may be troublesome on some players. I would give the VHS 5 stars.

Cuz this tells how it real is on the streets. How homiez c bang in the hood. 5 stars is what I give it. Smoke something. NHC 90 and Im out cuzz R.I.P to the dead homiez.