Menace II Society

‪1993‬

‪1 h 36 min‬

‪English audio‬

‪CC‬ ‪R‬

‪76‬

‪83%‬

Directed by twin brothers, Allen and Albert Hughes, this critically acclaimed cinematic masterpiece brilliantly details real life in today's tough inner city.

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Menace II Society

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Directed by twin brothers, Allen and Albert Hughes, this critically acclaimed cinematic masterpiece brilliantly details real life in today's tough inner city. With the powerhouse performances by Tyrin Turner (Deep Cover), Larenz Tate (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air) and Jada Pinkett (A Different World), the film also features dynamite supporting roles by Charles S. Dutton (Roc) and Bill Duke (Predator).

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Directors

The Hughes Brothers

Studio

Warner Bros.

Subtitles

English (CC)

Released year

1993

Age rating

Restricted

Duration

1 h 36 min

Genres

Action/Adventure
Drama

Size

5.47 GB (1080p HD)
2.82 GB (720p HD)
1.51 GB (SD)

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Tomatometer®

83 %

35 critic reviews

Audience

93 %

62,582 user reviews

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Chicago Reader

3/17/2008 by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Don't let the silly styling of the title put you off; this is a powerful, convincing, and terrifying look at teenage crime in contemporary Watts.

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Entertainment Weekly

3/17/2008 by Owen Gleiberman

Bleak, brilliant, and unsparing: a full-scale vision of the madness that is tearing up the black inner city.

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Variety

3/17/2008 by Leonard Klady

Fierce, violent and searing in its observation, the film makes previous excursions seem like a stroll through the park.
Time Out

2/9/2006 by Geoff Andrew

Regrettably, the Hughes brothers' first feature is a compendium of clichs.
New York Times

5/20/2003 by Stephen Holden

If Menace II Society is terrific on ambiance, it is considerably less successful in revealing character.
Rolling Stone

5/12/2001 by Peter Travers

Nothing the Hughes brothers have done in their videos for Tone Loc, Tupac Shakur and others prepares you for the controlled intensity and maturity they bring to their stunning feature debut.
Chicago Sun-Times

1/1/2000 by Roger Ebert

Anyone who views this film thoughtfully must ask why our society makes guns easier to obtain and use than does any other country in the civilized world. And that is only the most obvious of the many questions the film inspires.

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ReelViews

1/1/2000 by James Berardinelli

It won't be a fun time -- at least not in the conventional sense -- but you'll sit through a ninety-seven minute odyssey that won't be quickly forgotten.

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Washington Post

1/1/2000 by Desson Thomson

It's maddening and enlivening. It's brilliant and tacky. It's funny and horrifying. It will gratify the worst elements in the crowd; it will engage the very best.
Common Sense Media

7/25/2018 by Barbara Shulgasser

Intense '90s film about oppression has violence, drugs.

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Hartford Courant

5/29/2018 by Malcolm Johnson

Pounding "gangsta" rap also drives forward this tour of the projects and bungalows of Watts. Sharp, slangly dialogue and intense action scenes also make this a watchable and often wrenching vision of the way too many young Americans live, and die, today.

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Independent on Sunday

12/7/2017 by Quentin Curtis

The gang life, with its guns and crack, casual obscenity and misogyny, is expertly caught, but the Hugheses don't impose their own vision. We're left with the same old cliches and carnage.

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Film4

3/17/2008

The Hughes brothers' debut is an exhilarating urban nightmare.
TV Guide

3/17/2008

An impressive first feature from the 21-year-old twin brother directing team of Albert and Allen Hughes.
EmanuelLevy.Com

12/27/2006 by Emanuel Levy

The most stunning feature debut in the new African-American cinema, even more so than Boyz N the Hood to which the coming-of age feature bears thematic resemblance.
Film Threat

12/6/2005 by Brad Laidman

It makes the Hood seem worse than Vietnam.
Cinema em Cena

4/18/2005 by Pablo Villaça

Um retrato impiedoso (e real) de uma sociedade preconceituosa, injusta e massacrante que transforma jovens em ameaas e que, infelizmente, encontrada em todo o mundo.
DVDLaser

11/6/2004 by Douglas Pratt

Stylistically the film is brilliant, making repeat viewings highly appealing.

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