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Menace II Society
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Menace II Society (1993) -- A young hustler on the street searches for a way out of the temptations of the ghetto
Menace II Society (1993) -- 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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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   13,513 votes
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Writers:
Allen Hughes (story) &
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Release Date:
26 May 1993 (USA) more
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Plot:
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
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(21 articles)
User Comments:
One of the best movies in 1993 more (84 total)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Tyrin Turner ... Caine

Larenz Tate ... O-Dog
June Kyoto Lu ... Grocery Store Woman (as June Kyoko Lu)

Toshi Toda ... Grocery Store Man

Samuel L. Jackson ... Tat Lawson
Anthony Johnson ... Tony
Brandon Hammond ... Five Year Old Caine

Glenn Plummer ... Pernell

Reginald Ballard ... Clyde

Khandi Alexander ... Karen Lawson
Eugene Lee ... Man #1
James Pickens Jr. ... Man #2 (as James Pickins Jr.)

Nancy Cheryll Davis ... Teacher (as Nancy Cheryl Davis)
Jullian Roy Doster ... Anthony

Jada Pinkett Smith ... Ronnie (as Jada Pinkett)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, drug use and language.; Rated R for strong bloody violence, drug use and pervasive language. (director's cut)
Runtime:
97 min
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Color (FotoKem)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Tupac Shakur was originally attached to play Sharif, but was fired after a physical fight with director Allen Hughes. more
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Crew or equipment visible: When Caine gets his car, the camera is reflected in a car window. more
Quotes:
Grocery Store Man: I feel sorry for your mother.
O-Dog: What'd you say about my mama?
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Referenced in Tupac: Resurrection (2003) more
Soundtrack:
FLY AWAY more

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Is the US r-rated version uncut? Which version is uncut?
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21 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
One of the best movies in 1993, 17 October 2004
Author: Gogetad from Bad Homburg, Germany

Menace 2 Society is definitely the best "Ghetto Gangsta"-Movie of all time. So powerful, so strong. Perfectly showing the hard life young black people go through in the ghetto. The main-characters are Caine, and O-Dog. Caine, is not the typical gangsta, he had a very hard childhood, with a dealer as father and a junkie as mother, but he doesn't want to live this kind of live and trys to change it. O-Dog is the opposite, a young man who's afraid of nothing and always has trouble with the justice. The movie shows us the road that both, including there friends do in this strange world of drugs, violence and poverty.

The best film the Hugh-Brother ever made, simply a must see, you will love it!!!

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