The concept, make a movie about gangsters. The median find the worst actors, a half assed director and a cinematographer whose only experience with a camera was a disposable one.The conflict, the internal argument the viewers has with themselves as they wonder why they are watching it.Your statement about lifestyle and its correlation to the talent in this movie is confusing. I do not understand your connection of understanding the gangster lifestyle and how it relates to the quality of this movie. If this movie were about reality then Beans would have been dead in the first twenty minutes. His inept shoot-'em up gang would have been dissected by much smarter, more brutal gangs before anyone even heard of ABM. If I were to judge someone who chose to model their lifestyle on the ones potrayed in the movie I would say go to school and do something productive. Otherwise, get lots of life insurance. Your family will thank you.This was bar none the worst movie I have ever seen. The producers should have dropped a dime on Ice Cube to ask how to write, produce and cast a worthwhile movie.   See 2 other replies