The "South Central" scene, where the cops chase a suspect on foot through a poor
residential neighborhood, was not shot in South Central. Instead, it was shot on
Aragon Avenue, in the Cypress Park section of L.A. (located about a mile
and a half northwest of the previous Lincoln Heights bank robbery location).
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We then see the fleeing suspect run onto a colorful street where there is a Mexican-
themed parade underway. This was shot in the same Cypress Park neighborhood,
in the 700 block of Cypress Ave. Surprisingly, the parade was real! The director
was told he couldn't shoot because the parade was scheduled, so he just included
the parade in the movie!  *

Following the chase, there's a scene where the cops stop to buy hot dogs at a
colorful arcade, and Samuel Jackson complains when one vegetarian cop refuses to eat a
"good old American hot dog". This was shot at 539 Spring Street (one block east of Broadway),
in the Latino immigrant section of downtown L.A.  *

After warmly greeting his uncle in a restaurant, the villain, drug kingpin 'Alex Montel'
(Olivier Martinez) slits his uncle's throat. This scene was shot in an actual French cafe,
"Figaro Cafe" (or "Figaro Brasserie"), located at 1804 N. Vermont
in the trendy Los Feliz section of L.A.