What Is The Greatest Omar Epps Movie Of All Time?

For the last eighteen years, no actor has contributed to the big and small screen like Omar Epps. Omar Epps is without question one of the top five actors of our generation. But, this begs the question, what is The Greatest Omar Epps Movie Of All Time? Whether he's going head to head with a top selling rapper, leading a black ensemble cast through a "That's totally my life" romantic comedy, or replacing a world famous actor in a sequel role Omar Epps holds it down in any form of work he does.

Omar Epps enthusiasts all have their personal favorite but those are knee jerk reactions when the inevitable party conversation turns to Love & Basketball vs. The Program. These films in particular of course remind us all of the high school days we had or wished we did.

Now, if I were to go for my knee jerk reaction, I'd most definitely pick Juice. Juice features Tupac's first starring role as Bishop, that kid that reminded everyone of someone in their neighborhood. The friend you didn't want but couldn't get rid of. The movie is chock full of great cameos from hip hop legends such as Queen Latifah and Fab Five Freddy as well as a small role from a pre-Pulp Fiction Samuel L. Jackson. Its four teenagers doing stuff we all WISH we could do like rob, murder, cut class, and win DJ contests like Omar Epps' character, Q.

Really close to The Greatest Omar Epps Movie Of All Time is The Wood, which gets some play from time to time on TBS. This coming of age story of three friends in Englewood, California touches everybody's heart from the moment Omar's high school character pinches his crush's butt. The soundtrack is appropriately throwback and the clothes may be all too familiar as Mike, Roland, and Slim reminisce through the 80s. And hey, it's got a happy ending and who can't love that?



But, when it comes down to The Greatest Omar Epps Movie Of All Time, you have to look at all encompassing attributes: cast, writing, directing, message, relevance, impact. When you consider all of these variables, no film but Higher Learning fits the role TGOEMOAT. Omar Epps, Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Michael Rapaport, Tyra Banks, Jennifer Connelly, and...I'm not out of names I'm just tired of typing them. Omar Epps plays Malik "MISSSSTA WEEEELYUMS" Williams, a black freshman track star at a fictional university. The film is all about racism and frat boys that rape girls and make them insecure, two of the most important topics in recent history. It's one of John Singleton's last social commentaries in the 90s following Boyz N The Hood and Poetic Justice (although, the new Shaft is really good).
The dialogue is realistic, the characters are genuine, and the ending is dramatic, tragic, and memorable. Characters learn and evolve. Omar Epps also has another awesome fight.

Truthfully, any film with Omar Epps is already guaranteed to be a good movie no matter what happens after the opening credits. But, when you look at the classics individually Higher Learning is the only film that could truly claim to be The Greatest Omar Epps Movie Of All Time. After all, it is the only movie out there to answer five very important questions. 1. What is high? 2. What is higher? 3. What is learn? 4. What is learning? 5. What is higher learning?