![]() Fishburne’s “gentrification” speech is as fierce as ever, along with his denunciation of SAT exams as culturally loaded, with the exception of maths. ![]() Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne are Reva and Furious, the sundered parents of Tre Styles – played by Cuba Gooding Jr, whose face looks heartbreakingly boyish and vulnerable – a kid growing up in South Central Los Angeles. Watched again, a quarter of a century on, what is so striking is not the confrontational aggression but the movie’s humanity, idealism and lack of cynicism, bolstered by intelligent and powerful performances.
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