Directed by: John Singleton
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Angela Bassett, Lloyd Avery II, Hudhail Al-Amir, Miya McGhee
Revealing mistake: When Ricky is shot through the chest, the blood pack is visible bulging through his shirt. (01:28:30)
Revealing mistake: When Chris is playing the computer game at Doughboy's house, the gun he is using has no cord going from it into the console.
Revealing mistake: When the bullies return and scatter the crowd with gunshots, there's a young man in white on the right of the screen. He remains on the sidewalk and appears to be in another world.
Factual error: In the scene where Trey's father shoots at the burglar the gun punches baseball sized holes in the door. A .357 Magnum bullet going through a thin wooden door would just punch through, without expanding or tumbling, and leave a hole only a bit larger than the bullet diameter.
The Old Man: Ain't nobody from outside bringing down the property value. It's these folk, shootin' each other and sellin' that crack rock and shit.
Furious Styles: Well, how you think the crack rock gets into the country? We don't own any planes. We don't own no ships. We are not the people who are flyin' and floatin' that shit in here.
Trivia: Laurence Fishburne plays Cuba Gooding Jr.'s father in the movie, even though he's only seven years his senior.
Question: What exactly did Darrin and Chris steal and how did they get caught? Also, why was their sentence seven years and how did Chris end up in a wheelchair?
Answer: It was never said what they stole, just that they were going to go to the store (probably a corner store or convenience store) and they probably stole food. They got caught because they were just kids and not good at stealing or being sneaky. However, they didn't get a 7-year sentence for the theft. It's just that the film jumps to 7 years later and Darrin is now a gang member who has been in and out of jail the whole time. He's just celebrating his release from prison for a different, unknown crime. Chris is in a wheelchair due to a gun shot wound, though it's not stated how or who shot him.
Bishop73
I wouldn't be surprised if Chris shot himself with the gun he alludes to having earlier on in the film when they are still children.