an unintentional effect of the Wire was that it ended the "crime hood movie" genre.

After Boyz N the Hood and then again recently in direct to dvd format, there were tons of "urban""crime" films made with widely varying degrees of skill.

Neo blaxploitation, really.


The Wire raised the bar so high, that NOBODY can stomach crude poorly produced one note films which cover the urban streets.


In fact, many have re-examined some of the well produced Black "crime" films of the past and many now come up short