Clockers (1995)
I can definitely see how this film gets kind of glossed over when people discuss Spike Lee's filmography. It's got some good performances by Harvey Keitel and Mikhi Phifer, and does even manage to have a real sense of authenticity about it, but it kind of feels like a very standard type of authenticity, like as if it were going down a checklist. There is definitely some really interesting cinematography and well executed scenes, but there's some massive structural issues that kind of make the second act hard to follow. If you're into hood movies and have already seen movies like
Training Day and
Boyz n the Hood then this one is definitely worth a look.