

This proves to be the last straw for Caine's grandparents, who promptly throw him out of their house, despite his pleading. Chauncy later gets his revenge against Caine by turning over a copy of the store surveillance tape to the police, who begin scouring the area for Caine and O-Dog, now wanted in the killings.Ĭaine and O-Dog are approached by a cousin of Ilena and after a fistfight, O-Dog stops Caine from stomping the man to death. Later, Caine tells Ronnie that he will accompany her to Atlanta and the two consummate their relationship.Ĭhauncy tries to force himself on Ronnie, and Caine savagely pistol-whips Chauncy. Ronnie visits Caine there, telling him that she has found a job in Atlanta and invites him to come with her. However, the local gang take the wounded youths to a hospital.

One night, Caine and Sharif are assaulted by racist police and left in Mexican gang territory to die. Once released, Caine, buys a new car from a chop shop and robs a local hustler for his Dayton wheels, jewelry, stereo, and a Double Cheeseburger meal with fries.Ĭaine begins to enjoy his new hustler life with his crew, meeting a local girl named Ilena and shirking all ambition and responsibilities. A detective attempts to link Caine to the store killings by matching fingerprints from the dropped beer bottle. As a minor, O-Dog is released with a warning Caine, however, being the age of eighteen, is charged as an adult.

Weeks later, Caine and O-Dog are hired by a local hood Chauncy, for a car insurance scheme but are caught in the process and arrested by police. A week later, O-Dog informs Caine that he has learned the identity of the jackers and murders the assailants, exacting revenge. Later, Harold and Caine are carjacked and Harold is murdered, with Caine shot and injured in the process. Caine reprimands O-Dog about showing the store videotape to entertain neighborhood friends. That night, Caine and his cousin Harold go to a graduation party where they meet up with O-Dog and the Muslim Sharif and high school football star Stacy. Years later, Caine visits Pernell's ex-girlfriend Ronnie and her son Anthony, who congratulate him on graduating while Pernell is now serving life in prison without parole. Pernell, a local hood and friend of Caine's father, served as his would-be mentor. Frightened, Caine drops his bottle and beckons his friend to flee the scene as police sirens advance nearby.Ĭaine’s father was killed in a drug deal when Caine was ten and his mother died of a drug overdose a few years later. He then takes the store video surveillance tape. An argument ensues and the irritated O-Dog shoots and kills and robs the storekeeper and his wife.

(August 2011)Ĭaine Lawson and his best friend Kevin Anderson (AKA O-Dog) enter a local store to buy two bottles of malt liquor as the Korean storekeeper and his wife eye them suspiciously. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
