Storyline
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.
Directors
Cast
Reginald Ballard, Samuel L. Jackson, Clifton Collins Jr., Toshi Toda, Clifton Powell, Jada Pinkett Smith, Glenn Plummer, Brandon Hammond, Bill Duke, Rolando Molina, Larenz Tate, James Pickens Jr., Khandi Alexander, Stacy Arnell, Charles S. Dutton, Ryan Williams, Daniel Villarreal, Vonte Sweet, Tyrin Turner, June Kyoto Lu, Jullian Roy Doster, Anthony Johnson, Eugene Lee, Nancy Cheryll Davis, Marilyn Coleman, Arnold Johnson, Saafir, Pooh Man, MC Eiht, Cynthia Calhoun, Garen Holman, Joy Matthews, Too $hort, Christopher M. Brown, Dwayne L. Barnes, Ian Davids, Alvin Mears, Robert Gonzales, Martin Davis, Erin Wiley Sands, Charles J. Grube, Mike Kelly, Tony Valentino, Yolanda Whittaker, Samuel Monroe Jr.
Trailer
Reviews
100
Rolling Stone
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.
100
Chicago Sun-Times
As well-directed a film as you'll see from America this year, an unsentimental and yet completely involving story of a young man who cannot see a way around his fate.
90
Variety
Fierce, violent and searing in its observation, the film makes previous excursions seem like a stroll through the park.
88
ReelViews
Menace II Society has a devastating impact. Few films possess the power to keep an audience sitting in stunned silence after the end credits begin rolling, but this is one of them.
88
Chicago Tribune
A film of great integrity, assurance and political passion, if not driving plot. [26 May 1993, Tempo, p.3]
