Menace II Society

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r96 s 'Menace II Society' delivers an eventful 90 minutes! It's a film I certainly like, it is a predictable (beginning aside) ride but one that does manage to hit a fair bit. The characters are admittedly not the most likeable, though their predicament is still easy to connect to. Tyrin Turner makes for a solid lead, with Larenz Tate and Jada Pinkett (Smith) the pick of the rest; the latter, to be honest, brings the best acting of the main bunch. Aside from Pinkett, I did find the acting to be imperfect - not bad, whatsoever, but those away from Jada do get a bit cringey in parts. Good to see Samuel L. Jackson involved, albeit minimally. The ending, whilst good and totally serviceable, did irritate me slightly. I won't spoil what happens, but the 'last act' of Caine doesn't make total sense; you can tell they done it like that because it sounded dramatic on paper. Is it just me or did he laughably put the young fella in more danger? It took me out of the scene, I can't lie. Overall, this 1993 release is very good. I just evidently had a couple of (relatively minor, but noteworthy) issues with it, that's all. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/25 Full Review Sara S It's a movie that takes you where you might not want to go, and makes you care about hell in a very small place. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/07/25 Full Review Stephen C Success in 1 hour and 37 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $27,700,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/30/25 Full Review K W Lewd and violent, but undeniably affecting. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 06/25/25 Full Review JP K Trumps Boyz by an LA mile. MIIS casts LA's most favored sunshine via the prism of South LA urbanology. It's authentic yet staged, poetic without preaching too much, and headed toward a destination we all know it's going. That's not the point. The great achievement of the Hughes Bros is in exposing the ennui, the junk culture of today's youth that feeds them nothing but stimuli and zero insight, meaning and value calories. It's what Somalian Mohammad Ali so aptly calls, "waithood;" a sprawling warehouse of blunt force aimlessness. We know where Caine's headed, the questions then become, where's a generation raised like this headed? And what does this say about an America that turns its back on them? Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/19/25 Full Review Cameron L The atmospheric scenery of down and out ghettos is well lit, and the story is although predictable, it's an extremely engaging one. The violence isn't exploitive, but rather realistic and brutal. O-Dog is very funny too and ruthless Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/12/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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