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List Price: $14.96 | | Label: New Line Home Video
Salesrank: 6704
Released: October 22, 1997 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Directed by twin brothers, Allen and Albert Hughes, this critically acclaimed cinematic masterpiece brilliantly details real life in today's tough inner city. With the powerhouse performances by Tyrin Turner (Deep Cover), Larenz Tate (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air) and Jada Pinkett (A Different World), the film also features dynamite supporting roles by Charles S. Dutton (Roc) and Bill Duke (Predator).
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Description of Menace II Society:
Tyrin Turner may not have broken out into stardom as was initially expected, but his work in Menace II Society is one of the more powerful cinematic debuts. The film, from the brother writer-director team of Allen and Albert Hughes, chronicles life in the Los Angeles 'hood. Similar territory was covered in the equally commanding Boyz N the Hood, but what makes this cautionary tale stand out is not only the Hughes brothers' forceful story, (written with their friend, Tyger Williams) and direction, but the naturalness of then-newcomer leads Turner as Caine, Larenz Tate as O-Dog, and Jada Pinkett as Ronnie. They are so credible--occasionally frighteningly so--that the repressive universe of violent ghetto life is captured effectively. Life as portrayed here--and no doubt accurately so--is both figuratively and literally narrow. As a very young boy, Caine witnesses his dad murdered over something inconsequential, and his mom OD. His is a world where respect comes from intimidation, power from violence. Despite his understanding of right and wrong (values passed on by a good friend, his kind grandparents, a caring teacher), his life and its entrapments are too much to overcome. --N.F. Mendoza
Menace II Society Reviews:
THE WAY IT IS IN C.A..CALLY 
2009-07-07 - I LOVED TYRIN IN THIS FLICK,HE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN AWARD AND THE WRITTERS TOO,MOST SAY NO ONE WOULD ACTUALLY DO THESE THINGS NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE,BUT THINK ABOUT IT,WHERE YOU LIVE,HOW YOU GREW UP,WHERE YA BEEN AND WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN AND HEARD AND IT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED TO YOU! ITS A HARD LIFE FOR KANE AND O.D WHO JUST GO WITH THE FLOW AND GET DEEPER IN BOILING WATER AS A NEED OF CHANGE IS REFUSED AND RECONIZED TOO LATE AFTER BEING WARNED,AND NOT TAKING THE WARNINGS SERIOUSLY. YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE,SEPERATE THEN FROM THE SHYSTY TO THE FAITHFUL,THEN YOU HAVE TO EVEN WATCH THE FAITHFUL CAUSE IF THEY ARENT CAREFUL AND DONT CARE IT COULD COST YOU YOUR LIFE..WATCH OUT FOR [...] LIKE CHAUNCEY!!
3 stars out of 4 
2009-02-23 - The Bottom Line:
A less-accomplished but darker and more pessimistic tale of inner city African-American life than Boyz in the Hood, Menace II Society tells the story of the American nightmare: people who are "young and black and don't give a ****"; quick-moving and interesting, it's worth a look.
"Punk Azz Chauncey!"
2009-01-31 - (lol) If you have seen the movie, you know who Chauncey is. The film begins in South Central Los Angeles in the Watts with Caine and his friend Kevin, nicknamed "O-Dog" entering a liquor store. Caine begins to drink malt liquor out of the bottle, intending to pay for it when he gets to the register, and the Korean storekeeper and his wife watch them suspiciously. As O-Dog is finished paying and is about to leave the store with Caine, the shopkeeper tells O-Dog "I feel sorry for your mother." O-Dog takes offense and shoots the Korean storekeeper and his wife, and takes the video surveillance tape of the shooting, before he and Caine flee the scene. O-Dog keeps the tape and entertains his friends by showing it to them. From there the movie takes flight. It has stars such as...Too Short, Jada Pinkett, Lorenz Tate, Clifton Powell and many more. If you like urban gangster movies then you'll enjoy this one. YMMV...NEOSOUL
Classic 1990's must have. Jyeah!
2009-01-21 - This movie is a fundamental piece of urban 1990s pop culture. This movie also must have contributed to the widespread use of saying "jyeah", especially as used as a telephone greeting. Beyond being entertaining and a time capsule of 90's culture, this is a really good movie in technical skill, story telling, and acting. Jyeah! PS: 6Corners Chicago Rules.
off the hook
2008-12-09 - i dont know what everybody else is talkin about but this movie is one of the best and will alwayz be everyone did wonderful in this movie and that's why it will alwayz be one of the best movies
