... the most significant of issues in which Boyz and X synchronize: the role of the father figure in the development of each child. Through each filmmaker's choices of cinematic style and story line, he shows the audience the effect on each child (Tre in Boyz, Danny in X) of either a positive father figure (as with Boyz) or a negative father figure (as with X). By ... 's apparent relaxed influence. It is at the end of this fishing scene that we see the true effect of Furious on Tre. All throughout the film, we are subjected to quotes such as "I've gotta smoke him before he smokes me."" It is...

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