I 1987 tok fem unge menn mot til seg, og ga uttrykk for frustrasjonen over livene sine i USAs farligste nabolag. De brukte det kraftigste våpenet de hadde: Brutalt ærlige låttekster og harde beats. Filmen "Straight Outta Compton" forteller den sanne historien om hvordan det hele begynte, og hvordan N.W.A. utviklet seg til å bli verdens farligste gruppe. Medlemmene slo tilbake mot autoritetene som undertrykte dem, og ga verden innblikk i hva som egentlig foregikk i miljøet de hadde vokst opp i. Det startet en sosial revolusjon man fortsatt ser ringvirkningene av i dag.

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

After two years spent as a student in Boston, a 22-year-old visits his native Moldova. It is April 2009. People gather in the streets of Chisinau, the call having spread through social networking sites. They are demonstrating against the communist authorities who falsified the election results. They seize and plunder the parliament and presidential buildings. The demonstrators carry away documents, furniture and office equipment. Our protagonist is coming from a friend's home carrying his own computer monitor. He is mistaken for a demonstrator, brutally beaten up by the police and taken to the police station. His interrogator is an experienced major. The authorities can do anything. Based on real events, the film asks questions about freedom, justice and the price of human life.