After decades of hype from friends, I finally decided to watch this movie.... And honestly had to talk myself into not turning it off the entire first hour because eof the odd camera angles and nothing story. Just a bunch of people yelling at each other scene after scene. Everybody is angry at something yet does nothing about it but complain.
The old man sitting at the corner is mad at the Asians for building a business there yet, he sits and drinks. And complains. Rosie Perez (who is incredibly sexy in this) is constantly complaining about nookie, and yet nookie is working day in and day out for his sister and gf. From the beginning of the movie the dude responsible for radio Raheem death is causing issues in sal's establishment...
So much of this movie seems to try to show you something that really not there, but created by its own inhabitants. In the end, Sal who has served the community for years and even expressed his love for the neighborhood several times gets disrespected, chocked and his business burned by misdirected anger.