25 Most Hotly Anticipated Movies Of Summer 2015

22. Straight Outta Compton

Straight Outta Compton
Universal Pictures

Release Date: 14th August

As well as the summer offering a documentary about Amy Winehouse, there's also the small matter of this biographical drama charting the rise of NWA.

Selling Point

If it's anything like as brutally honest as the seminal album it lends its name from, F Gary Gray's politically charged, angry film (which he might not have made as soon if he'd got the Captain America sequel gig) is going to be incredible.

If authenticity is your bag, Dr Dre and Ice Cube are producing, and the latter's son is playing him. But even all that pales into insignificance when you consider the soundtrack.

Reservations

Any biography that's commissioned by the subjects can go either way. Let's just hope it's not the frustrating sycophancy of Jobs.

 
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