In an echo of “Cadillac Records,” Paul Giamatti shows up as the band’s savvy Jewish manager, Jerry Heller, who helps N.W.A achieve fame but also — in this version of the story — drives them apart.
Adrien Brody (2008's " Cadillac Records ") and Sarah Polley (2004's " Dawn of the Dead ") give strong turns in their own rights as said co-workers and lovers, their moral lapses and poor judgments eating away at their very lives in far more ways than just via Dren.