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Synopsis
This urban nightmare chronicles several days after the graduation of young street hustler as he attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the Watts, California ghetto in search of a better life.
Cast
- Tyrin Turner
- Jada Pinkett
- Vonte Sweet
- Larenz Tate
- MC Eight
- Ryan Williams
- Too $hort
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Charles Dutton
- Glenn Plummer
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- Feb 26, 2022
The first scene should be taught in classes on how you open a movie.
dumbsvilleFeb 9, 2019Through the narration of the main character, Caine, we get to hear the thoughts that undergo his mind as his story goes on. You see the violent actions he does but hear the innocence in his voice. Because of this, it's hard to play out whether he's the villain or the…
IssacDirectors Albert and Allen Hughes and screenwriter Tyger Williams were barely into their twenties when they sent shock waves through American cinema and hip-hop culture with this fatalistic, unflinching vision of life and death on the streets of Watts, Los Angeles, in the…
Criterion - Dec 11, 2021
“My grandpa asked me one time if I care whether I live or die. Yeah I do. Now it's too late.”
Justin LaLibertySep 9, 2018Wait what happened to the first Menace Society
emmanuelSep 22, 2013The final moments of the film proclaim that in the end, it all catches up to you. Either this suggests that O-Dog, the chaotic, violent friend of the Biblically-dubbed Caine, is fated to meet a grisly end, or it rings with irony as he remains among the living while the…
Sally Jane Black - Oct 11, 2013
Menace II Society will probably be the film I point to when I hear somebody complain about narration in cinema. It can be a horrendous tool, but when used properly it can ground a film and fill it with tremendous power. A film about a murdering, drug-dealing gang-banger…
CappieAug 10, 2021Recommended by: Marvin123 Criterion Collection Spine #1105 Brought up in a cycle of crime and violence on the streets of South LA, a High School graduate must decide if he can bring himself to leave all he knows behind ... before his time runs out. "Being a black…
Justin PetersonDec 23, 2021Welcome to San Andreas, I’m CJ from Grove Street.
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- Alexis Vega lovedMenace II Society
Menace II Society was beautiful yet heartbreaking. I liked that this movie didn’t glorify the “gangster” lifestyle that a lot of movies & TV shoes do now in days! But was also showing the authenticity & real life experiences that some people go through.
Shirlyn likedMenace II SocietyIt’s a great movie but not really something I would choose to watch. Only reason I watched it was because my boyfriend wanted to me to watch it. But if I were into crime and thriller movies I would 100% love this
Christeana lovedMenace II SocietyI absolutely loved it the storytelling, the emotion, the truth in it all. Watching Caine try to change, only to meet that ending, broke me. It’s powerful, heartbreaking, and so important💔
- horror junkie lovedMenace II Society
It’s sad so many people still live this way. Good movie and after that ending all i could say was “damn.”
sbarreto likedMenace II SocietyA representation of what it was like to live in this environment told through Caines life
Chili likedMenace II Societygood asf, a little on the nose but not for it’s time. enjoyed it a lot
- Totally not Juvens lovedMenace II Society
Certified Hood Classic. This is a must watch. 10/10 would recommend
robi likedMenace II Societyone of the greatest crime movies oat certified hood classic too
Avery Malachite lovedMenace II Society.... The Hughes Brothers were 20 when they directed this?.......
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Metacritic
This shocking, violent, and unsentimental (albeit sensationalized) drama about a second-generation drug dealer (Turner) and the callous world he lives in, produced by To Sleep With Anger's Darin Scott, is terrifically acted.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
May just be the best in its genre#133; Entertainment and radical street preaching, all rolled into one. If it tells black kids not to try this at home, it also revels cinematically in blam-blam-you're-dead. This is what makes the movie maddening -- and what gives it strength.
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Menace II Society has a devastating impact. Few films possess the power to keep an audience sitting in stunned silence after the end credits begin rolling, but this is one of them.
James Berardinelli
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Menace II Society family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Menace II Society?
The movie is 1hr 37min long.
What's Menace II Society about?
This urban nightmare chronicles several days after the graduation of young street hustler as he attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the Watts, California ghetto in search of a better life.
Who's the cast of Menace II Society?
- Tyrin Turner as Caine "Kaydee" Lawson
- Jada Pinkett as Ronnie
- Vonte Sweet as Sharif
- Larenz Tate as Kevin 'O-Dog'
- MC Eight as A-Wax
- Ryan Williams as Stacy
- Too $hort as Lew-Loc
- Samuel L. Jackson as Tat Lawson
- Charles Dutton as Mr. Butler
- Glenn Plummer as Pernell
Who's the director behind Menace II Society?
Allen Hughes and Albert Hughes directed Menace II Society.
Who produced Menace II Society?
Darin Scott, Kevin Moreton and Allen Hughes produced Menace II Society.
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