Menace II Society
Genre: Drama
Reviewed in Issue 07 of Widescreen Review
Stars: Tyrin Turner, Jada Pinkett, Larenz Tate, Bill Duke, Samuel L. Jackson, Charles S. Dutton.
| Studio/Distributor | Criterion Collection |
| Catalog Number | CC1371L |
| MPAA Rating | Not Rated |
| Retail Price | $69.95 |
| Running Time | 97 |
| Color Type | Color |
| Chaptered/Scene Access | Yes |
| Closed Captioned | Yes |
| Theatrical Release | 1993 |
| LD Release Date | 01/01/94 |
| Director | The Hughes Brothers |
| Screenplay/Written By | Subscribers only |
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| Music | Subscribers only |
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| Stars | Tyrin Turner, Jada Pinkett, Larenz Tate, Bill Duke, Samuel L. Jackson, Charles S. Dutton. |
| Principal Photography | Subscribers only |
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| Soundtrack | Dolby Surround |
| Theatrical Sound | Subscribers only |
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Subscribe FreeFeatures material deleted from the theatrical release plus two scenes dropped in the final cut. Co-directors Allen and Albert Hughes discuss the film’s production in front of and behind the camera as a running commentary plus there is a video interview about their filmmaking. There are also two music videos directed by the Hughes brothers and excerpts from Albert Hughes’ student film, The Drive By, plus much more.
This powerful and assured directing debut by the Hughes brothers, 20-year-old twins Allen and Albert, all too vividly depicts the American gangster culture set in the Watts district of South Central Los Angeles. Its bitter truth is that America is producing a problematic generation of “at risk” youth. To the young men in the film, circumstance is everything. Through a series of vignettes, life in the hood is examined... complex, feared, frustrating, without direction or reason and then suddenly, vicious.
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