Menace II Society

Menace II Society Soundtrack

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

Genre: Crime, Drama
Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda, Samuel L. Jackson
Production: Warner Bros.
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
Unrated
Year:
1993
97
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#SongDuration
1Trigga Gots No Heart3:06
2Streiht Up Menace4:36
3Packin' A Gun4:02
4Top Of The World4:04
5Only The Strong Survive5:08
6Death Becomes You4:13
7Unconditional Love5:04
8Pocket Full Of Stones6:15

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