本片由《王牌對王牌》導演葛瑞葛雷（F. Gary Gray）執導的音樂傳記電影，成本僅2420萬美元。聚焦在80年代轟動一時，在Hip-Hop音樂中奠定了重要地位的傳奇團體N.W.A從崛起到解散的故事，並由Ice Cube及Dr. Dre擔任製作。 1987年在美國加州康普頓街頭有五個年輕人，冰塊酷巴(Ice Cube)、MC Ren、德瑞博士(Dr. Dre)、耶拉(DJ Yella)、埃里克·賴特(Eazy-E)，他們使用粗魯直白和強烈的旋律節奏，將他們在這個美國最危險的地方，所經歷到的失望和憤怒，用音樂轉化成最有力的武器。《衝出康普頓》真實紀錄那些人，如何用音樂述說真實，向當局挑起文化戰火，同時警醒了整個社會，革命性的影響直到今日依舊迴蕩在人們心中。

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.