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Menace II Society

New Line Cinema

United States of America

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Tyrin Turner

Larenz Tate

Glenn Plummer

Jada Pinkett Smith

Samuel L. Jackson

June Kyoto Lu

Toshi Toda

Reginald Ballard

Khandi Alexander

Jullian Roy Doster

Brandon Hammond

Eugene Lee

James Pickens Jr.

Nancy Cheryll Davis

Marilyn Coleman

Arnold Johnson

Saafir

Pooh Man

MC Eiht

Vonte Sweet

Ryan Williams

Cynthia Calhoun

Garen Holman

Joy Matthews

Clifton Powell

Too $hort

Christopher M. Brown

Stacy Arnell

Dwayne L. Barnes

Ian Davids

Alvin Mears

Bill Duke

Robert Gonzales

Martin Davis

Erin Wiley Sands

Charles S. Dutton

Charles J. Grube

Mike Kelly

Rolando Molina

Clifton Collins Jr.

Samuel Monroe Jr.

Daniel Villarreal

Yolanda Whitaker

Anthony Johnson

Tony Valentino

Tyger Williams

Albert Hughes

Darin Scott

Kevin Moreton

Allen Hughes

Quincy Jones III

Lisa Rinzler

Christopher Koefoed

Sylvia Vega-Vasquez

Penny Barrett

Adel A. Mazen

Ken Teaney

Lisa Boutillier

Scott Ganary

Tony Sereno

David Farmer

Tim Gedemer

Lance Brown

Henry Kingi Jr.

Thomas Rosales Jr.

Bruce Paul Barbour

David Emmerichs

Tony Lee

<em>'Menace II Society'</em> 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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Tyrin Turner

Larenz Tate

Glenn Plummer

Jada Pinkett Smith

Samuel L. Jackson

June Kyoto Lu

Toshi Toda

Reginald Ballard

Khandi Alexander

Jullian Roy Doster

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