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Menace II Society

Menace II Society

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: OFF DA CHAIN.
Review: THIS MOVIE IS OFF THE CHAIN. I LOVE THE WAY THEN ARE. THEY JUST CAME OUT PF THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE AND STARTED ROBBING ... FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE AND I WATCH IT ALL THE TIME. U SHOULD GO AND SEEN IT.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Two Distinct Camps
Review: It seems that there are two distinct camps when it comes to Menace II Society. Those who either love Boys N the Hood and completely hate Menace II Society, and those who love Menace II Society and think that Boys N the Hood is okay or watered down. Unfortunately, the division of these two camps has placed both movies in categories that I don't think are appropriate for either one. Menace is more graphic and violent then BNTH, but both films are equally good.

Menace is a good film. The acting is a bit tried at times. Tyrin Turner is a virtually unknown actor with little under his belt. There were also a lot of unknown actors with very little experience. Yet, there were some extremly noteworthy performances. In particular, Larenz Tate, Jada Smith, and...suprisingly....MC Eight. I had a chance to meet Larenz in college a while back and it is almost hilarious how far removed from the character he actually is.

The storyline is extremely moving and graphic. For those living the life it is predictable. For those unaware of the street life it is shocking.

Overall, the entire movie will have you glued to your seat. I give this movie 5 stars because it moving and true to life.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Blistering Gangster Film
Review: Unless you are black and live in someplace like Compton, this film will rock your world. We are taken inside the lives of young men and women trying to survive in the badlands of Los Angeles- gang town, where your life can end at any given moment due to drive-bys or wrong-alley encounters. The racial message is strong- the blacks in America must do all they can to survive the ghettos, and climb out of the ugly pit white America has dug and thrown them in (historically). Thus, in 'Menace 2 Society', we see not only the day-to-day survival tactics of some serious gang-bangers, but we hear a much more pressing calling for them to find a life more sane.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Good Movie
Review: Menace 2 Society is one of my favorite movies.if you like boyz in the hood.you would like this even better.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The words are over-used,
Review: but this is an unsettling and harrowing film. If you've seen **Boyz N the Hood** and felt relieved at the end by the uplifting aspect of the protagonist making it out of a dead end life, you're unlikely to have much patience for this comparatively darker and angrier picture, in which the characters seem to know that they're doomed from the start.
But if this puts you off, you're missing out. As you probably know, this was brothers Allen and Albert Hughes's first feature. They direct with great self-assurance, in a style that is mostly invisible, matching the naturalistic, low-key acting of the principals-- Tyrin Turner as Cain, Larenz Tate as the sociopathic O-Dog,and Jada Pinkett[Smith] as Ronnie, Cain's lady friend, who just wants to escape and make a better life for her child.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great for Kids
Review: This is a good movie for any parents with exceptionally rowdy children especially boys .......... it shows how a hard head can really make for a soft bottom....... A thumbs up from Quick !

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: HOTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: This is the best hood movie ever made.Boys -n- the hood came close but didn't make it. This movie is about a young man that grows up in the hood.He grows up with a drug dealer dad and crack head mom.He becomes hood rich with his boys.He has a green 5.0 on gold rims. If You like this i would sujest also Boys -n- the hood.Peace

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Speechless
Review: I've seen a good amount of "gangsta" movies, and a greater amount of movies in general, and this is one of the only ones that actually moved me to tears. Went to the movie theater to see this not expecting too much, and found myself speechless at the end. Nothing surprising, just the poignancy with which the main character finally realizes that life really is worth living and then . . . I won't give it totally away. I've never been to Watts and I dont know what people there actually sound like, but the artistic rendering of life there is beautiful, dare I say it? Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. Can't wait to get my DVD copy.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: movies at their best
Review: this is my best film ever it is truly fantastic
the film tells us about the violent life of kane
who is trying not to turn out like his friends e.g
o-dog decribed as young black and just doesnt give a f##k who is very trigger happy.
a very powerful film, go get boyz in the hood and gridlock'd as well.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I was shocked!
Review: I actually live in Watts right now, andmI was stunned by the depiction of life here. It looked like it might have actually been filmed in Watts. This movie was very realistic in the fact that young people in our community have extremely short tempers. One bit of criticism that I do have is about the part where Cane (the main character)steals the rims from the guy while in the drive-thru. That type of stuff just doesn't happen around here. But, the drug use and violence is very accurate, I know from experience. A great movie!


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