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Menace II Society (1993)
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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...
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Menace II Society Movie Review by AJ  (4/14/2006) |
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From the tiny ghetto film revolution in the early 90's comes its very best example, the Hughes brothers' powerful Menace II Society. It may lack the raw intensity of John Singleton's great Boyz n the Hood, but it deals with the subject just as powerfully and with more finesse. It's amazing that the Hughes brothers had...
(complete Menace II Society review by AJ)
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