Mike has a girlfriend and Alicia has a boyfriend. Mike, returning to their memories when they were juniors in high school, remembers them thinking about sex, ways to get it and making a lot of bets as to who has it first. Now, the men only have an hour left before the wedding and they have to get cleaned up, so they take their clothes to the cleaners. In the present day, while reminiscing, Roland becomes sick and accidentally vomits on Slim and Mike. Later, Mike and Alicia date for a time before breaking up and remaining friends. When they arrive at the dance, it is almost over, and Mike is able to secure a dance with Alicia and also get her number. However, he explains that he was protecting his sister and seeing how much Mike likes her, gives him advice on how to win her over. Impressed, Stacey begins a new friendship with Mike by apologizing for their prior run-in. They let them go when the cops respond to a call about the stick-up Stacey pulled earlier from him and his friend. Mike's quick thinking prevents one of the cops from finding Stacey's gun. The group is nearly arrested after being pulled over for a broken tail light. Stacey recognizes the boys and offers them a ride to the dance. When they arrive, they argue with Roland for putting his relationship at risk, as the wedding is just hours away.įlashing back to the 1980s, the boys are on their way to the first dance of the year, stopping at a convenience store that gets robbed by Stacey. Meanwhile, in present day, Mike and Slim get a call from Tanya, Roland's ex, saying that Roland is at her house, extremely drunk. While he is beaten up, Mike earns Stacey's private respect for having courage to fight back. On a dare from Slim and Roland, Mike reluctantly grabs Alicia's butt, leading to a physical altercation with her older brother and Blood gang member, Stacey. Shy and awkward, Mike is quickly befriended by Slim and Roland.

The story flashes back to Mike as a youth when he first encounters Roland and Slim, his first real crush on a girl named Alicia, and the three young men's misadventures as teenagers growing up in 1980s Inglewood, California (aka 'the Wood'). Slim, who scoffs at the idea of marriage, is furious at Roland for disappearing. Roland is getting married and is currently missing. It was written by Famuyiwa and Todd Boyd. The Wood is a 1999 American coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Rick Famuyiwa and starring Omar Epps, Richard T.

The Wood by John Stewart Collis