On the Come Up

By the numbers hood movie that covers all the cliche of hood movies. Only problem is this one is full of wokeness, politically correct language, and a play it safe strong female (at least attempt at it) lead. Sanaa Latham wrote this based on work of the same author of Hate You Give. Whereas that movie had something to say and had a strong supporting cast, this one has a bunch of characters no one cares about. It's like, they couldn't get those good actors from Hate you give to come back, so they hired the production assistants who had experience acting in church skits. When I heard the line: Latinx, I mean, really??? Even the writing is PC wokeness and laughable. Skip this garbage and see Hate You Give instead.

So there is a message in the movie that resonates loud and clear about rappers rapping about what is true to them. You can't hide from the message as it engulfs the movie so much that I left like I was watching an ABC flick for kids about doing drugs or something.

I will give director and actor Sanaa Lathan some credit for the movie not being corny. It had the justification of such guys like Mike Epps and Method Man acting in the film. It also adds coolness by having Lil Yachty play a rapper in the film. In addition, the rhymes (written by Rapsody) where descent (and I can only say descent only because the battle rapper rhythm that the movie takes is not my thing).

It was obvious what the overall point of the movie was, but the film does not beat us over the head with it. I also like certain subplots blend with the main plot. Like the natural romance between two young gay men, which was seen as no big deal to the story, and the story of a mother staying off drugs.

It is a good movie but when I saw it was both on Paramount Plus and in theaters, I could have stayed home to see it.

After finishing the book I was really excited to watch this movie, only to be left dissapointed. Now I will say, the ring battles and "On The Come Up" song were dope, but everything else just didn't satisfy me. Like there were so much important scenes and plot twist that this movie excluded out from the book. It also excluded out characters like Curtis, Shana, Grandma and Grandaddy, Kayla, Leah... the list goes on!!!! And also, I feel like putting Lil Yatchy in this movie was SUPER random XD.

This film is not really about people of color alone; it is a universal theme for all races. I want to be successful, and i want to be the best of all time. These are very nice, but overly lofty goals. One only sets one's self up for disappointment when we aim too high. It is good to aim high, but a term such as ONE of the best in any field is more than enough of a goal for anyone in any field. This is why gifted children fail so often; they set unrealistic goals which eventually result in disappointment. I am sure audiences will find the film entertaining, but it should not be held up as an example for inspiration; it is merely a daydream.

Not the best representation of Battle rap ..it's like a mixture of 8mile and what they thought battle rap was now .. decent storyline to keep you watching but I just wish there more realistic parts. To the naked eye I guess it seems so but from a person who is in battle culture it's very far fetched. Decent acting & kept my attention so I'll give it tht. I probably wouldn't watch it twice but it was ok for the first watch..a lot of new talent I'd like to see in the future as well as good guest appearances. Even tho this seems like a Netflix original I can see why it wasn't but overall this was an alright movie if your a Hop hop fan.