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Menace II Society

"This is the truth. This is what's real."

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Top Cast

  • Tyrin Turner

    Tyrin Turner

    Caine 'Kaydee' Lawson

  • Larenz Tate

    Larenz Tate

    Kevin 'O-Dog'

  • Glenn Plummer

    Glenn Plummer

    Pernell

  • Jada Pinkett Smith

    Jada Pinkett Smith

    Ronnie

  • Samuel L. Jackson

    Samuel L. Jackson

    Tat Lawson

  • June Kyoto Lu

    June Kyoto Lu

    Grocery Store Woman

  • Toshi Toda

    Toshi Toda

    Grocery Store Man

  • Reginald Ballard

    Reginald Ballard

    Clyde

  • Khandi Alexander

    Khandi Alexander

    Karen Lawson

Overview

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Rating

7.5 / 10
910 Reviews
5 Popular

1 Reviews

  • r96sk
    r96sk
    8 Sep 7, 2025

    '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.

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