Menace II Society

4.00
    Menace II Society
    1993

    Synopsis

    A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

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    Cast

    • Tyrin TurnerCaine 'Kaydee' Lawson
    • Larenz TateKevin 'O-Dog'
    • Glenn PlummerPernell
    • Jada Pinkett SmithRonnie
    • Samuel L. JacksonTat Lawson
    • June Kyoto LuGrocery Store Woman
    • Toshi TodaGrocery Store Man
    • Reginald BallardClyde
    • Khandi AlexanderKaren Lawson
    • Jullian Roy DosterAnthony

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Rolling Stone

      Nothing the Hughes brothers have done in their videos for Tone Loc, Tupac Shakur and others prepares you for the controlled intensity and maturity they bring to their stunning feature debut.
    • 100

      Chicago Sun-Times

      As well-directed a film as you'll see from America this year, an unsentimental and yet completely involving story of a young man who cannot see a way around his fate.
    • 90

      Variety

      Fierce, violent and searing in its observation, the film makes previous excursions seem like a stroll through the park.
    • 88

      ReelViews

      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.
    • 88

      Chicago Tribune

      A film of great integrity, assurance and political passion, if not driving plot. [26 May 1993, Tempo, p.3]
    • 80

      Washington Post

      May just be the best in its genre… 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.
    • 78

      Austin Chronicle

      As uncomfortable as it is to have your nose shoved in this nightmare, its unforgettable in its violent lyricism and the bloody power of its message.
    • 75

      USA Today

      An unusually knowing movie from filmmakers of any age, both in its coldly clinical viewpoint and assured filmmaking style that even puts fresh spin on a routine police interrogation. [26 May 1993, Life, p.8D]

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