We’ve been hearing a lot about the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton for a while now, but until today we haven’t seen any footage. Here’s the red-band trailer, which honestly looks pretty damn good, even if it seems to be hitting a lot of familiar biopic beats. The film is directed by F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job, A Man Apart), and will hit theaters August 14. The trailer is NSFW, obviously.

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Trevor Dawson is the Executive Editor of GAMbIT Magazine. He is a musician, an award-winning short story author, and a big fan of scotch. His work has appeared in Statement, Levels Below, Robbed of Sleep vols. 3 and 4, Amygdala, Mosaic, and Mangrove. Trevor lives in Denver, CO.

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