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Menace II Society
1993
Vivid documentary-like anecdotes focusing on a homeboy who is a sociopathic killer and another who tells the story of how their parents' lives also fed the cycle of drug use, casual homicide and monstrous, mind-numbing violence. Read more
| Starring | Tyrin Turner, Larenze Tate, Vonte Sweet, Jada Pinkett |
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| Director | Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes |
| Genres | Drama |
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Menace II Society
Vivid documentary-like anecdotes focusing on a homeboy who is a sociopathic killer and another who tells the story of how their parents' lives also fed the cycle of drug use, casual homicide and monstrous, mind-numbing violence.
| Starring | Tyrin Turner, Larenze Tate, Vonte Sweet, Jada Pinkett, Bill Duke, Charles S. Dutton, Glenn Plummer, Christopher M. Brown |
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| Director | Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 32 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 34 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: None |
| Released | DVD: 14 Feb 2000 Blu-ray: unknown Production year: 1993 |
| Format | DVD |
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A searing, if bleak portrait of life in the 'hood from Allen and Albert Hughes, twins who were just 20 at the time it was made. Tyrin Turner is the surly adolescent, the son of a junkie mother and a drug-pushing dad, who's torn between nice single mom Jada Pinkett or a life of drive-by shootings and petty crime. There's no denying the visceral power of the Hughes Brothers' vision, but — with the exception of Pinkett — it's hard to have sympathy for any of the characters. Though the film is extremely violent, it only fell foul of the UK censor because of a scene offering tips on how to steal a car.
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"...Fierce, violent and searing in its observation, the film makes all previous excursions seem like a walk in the park....There is a poetry to the images that is immediate and visceral..."
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Entertaining
This is your typical black ghetto drama with quite a predictable outcome but nether the less it is entertaining through and through. From start to finish i was entertained by the characters and the action. Anyone who likes 'Boyz n the Hood' will like, or maybe even love, this. Good Film.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
'What you say bout my mama?'
Still, after 12 years, this story of ghetto survival has remained as powerful and disturbing as it did in its day. The main difference between this and all the other 'in the ghetto' crap is that it doesnt use big names (mainly rap stars) to promote a less than entertaining story line. It seems that every idiot rapper has their own story to tell and its all the same: 'I was once a low down thug who lived in the ghetto, raised by the gun but found that layin down tracks in the recording studio could get me shedloads of money and jewellery'...ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!!!! Anyway im waffling, avoid any movie starring Nelly or 50 Cent but make sure you rent Menace II Society!
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