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Menace II Society: Directed by Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes. With Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda. A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Menace II Society (pronounced Menace to Society) is a 1993 American teen crime drama film directed by the Hughes Brothers [3] in their directorial debut. Set in the Watts and Crenshaw neighborhoods of Los Angeles, the film follows the life of Caine Lawson (Tyrin Turner) and his close friends.
Jun 15, 2023 · Not so in “Menace.” It is about those who cannot escape, the thousands of boys who grow into men trapped by circumstances. If “Boyz N the Hood” was a dream that few got to experience, “Menace II...
Told with grit and verve by the Hughes brothers in their feature debut, Menace II Society is a gangland epic that breathes with authenticity while steeped in style. Read Critics Reviews
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May 26, 1993 · “Menace II Society” is 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. It’s impressive, the way the filmmakers tell Caine’s story without making him seem either the hero or victim; he is presented more as a typical ...
Feb 2, 2023 · Check out the official Menace II Society (1993) trailer starring Jada Pinkett and Tyrin Turner! Watch on Vudu: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/...
Synopsis. Caine is a black teenager living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Just before his graduation from high school, he walks into a liquor/convenience store with his friend O-Dog to buy some beer. One of the Korean owners is immediately suspicious of the duo and watches them closely, afraid they might steal something.