Alternate versions for
Menace II Society (1993) More at IMDbPro »

The criterion director's cut version makes the following changes:
- An extra shot of bullets leaving the back of the guy 'Samuel L Jackson' kills.
- An extra shot of Awax holding the gang member while he shoots him.
- An small scene showing how Caine and O Dog brake into the car in the garage.
- Two extra shots of bullet wounds during the final scene.
- It also includes two deleted scenes, the funeral of Caines cousin and a scene at his grandparents house after the funeral.
UK video and laserdisc versions were cut to remove footage of O-Dog unlocking a car door by using a metal strip. The cuts were restored to the 2003 DVD.
Criterion laserdisc in US has scenes cut from the theatrical to avoid an X rating.
The Hughes brothers, when queried about the film's explicit content, have often talked about a "prison riot" scene that studio execs forced them to cut in order to avoid an NC-17 rating. The scene has yet to appear in any of the released versions of the film.