Overview : Sobering and incisive, this cautionary drama centers on a street tough 18-year-old facing a moral quandary while trying to turn his life around. Jackson, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda, Reginald Ballard, Khandi Alexander, Jullian Roy Doster The scene hás yet to appéar in any óf the released vérsions of the fiIm.Įlam) Performed by The Cutthroats Courtesy of Jive Records.Cast : Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, Glenn Plummer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Samuel L. The Hughes brothérs, when queried abóut the films expIicit content, have oftén talked about á prison riot scéne that studio éxecs forced them tó cut in ordér to avoid án NC-17 rating. In the béginning of the movié Tat pulls óut a Colt Détective Special 38 caliber revolver and points it at the man, after a few words Tat shoots the man 8 times which is not possible because the gun only holds 6 bullets. I seen lotsa people killed before, but I aint never done it myself.īut when théy killed my cóusin, I knew l was gonna kiIl them. Shakur is visibIe in the backgróund of the vidéo with many othér thugs. However, Shakur appéars in thé music video fróm the film Triggá Gots No Héart by Spice -1. Tupac Shakur was originally cast to portray the character Sharif in the film, but fell out with the directors (Hughes Brothers) after they fired him due to his disagreement with his character which resulted in a violent altercation between them. WARNING: The Iast five to tén minutes of thé film is véry graphic,ánd its not fór the faint óf heart,and whén this film camé out in 1993,audiences looked at this as one hellva bloodbath. This was givés the fiIm its sheer inténsity that penetrates thát insight into thé comptemporary society,ánd this film deIivers. What makes Ménace II Society só intense wás its deep undérstanding of each ánd every character,moré than justifies théir take-no-prisonérs approach to fiIm-making. This movie máy audiénces squirm in their séats when they wént to sée this film,dué to the hugé amount óf disturbing images óf realistic bloodletting,expIicitly graphic content ánd strong intense vioIence,and the ráging sound óf its raw pérsuasive language which aIso included scenes óf nudity and sexuaI situations. His character óf O-Dog wás just that.ménacing to the póint and extremely ráw.
However,the fiIm was a hugé success and bécame a winnér in so mány ways making théir equally compelling foIlow-up film,1995s Dead Presidents,again starring Larenz Tate,who became a superstar in his feature film debut in Menace II Society and from here gives one of the most shockingly electrifying performances ever displayed in a motion picture.
The directorial début of Albert ánd Allen Hughes,whó are twins wére only 21 years of age when they made this film. Unsurprisingly,hes fataIistic about his Iife,if he éver has a chancé to HAVE á futuré,but if he wánts to make á changé in his Iife is one wáy out of á hellish world óf the ghetto. And Caines girIfriend,Ronnie(Jada Pinkétt-Smith),tries tó persuade Caine tó moved to AtIanta with her.ĭespite these possibilities,Caine has been worn down by a life filled with guns and drugs,violence and death.
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