Menace II Society

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Summary: great gangsta flick
Review: This is one of if not the best black gangsta flick I have ever seen. I first saw it when I was about 14 and I watched it a second time right after I finished it the first time. it is about a bunch of fresh outta high school teens growing up in the Watts area of LA. When Caine's cousin gets murdered and he gets shot they seek revenge. O-Dog (Americ's Nightmare as they call him) & A-Wax (rapper MC Eiht) get Caine to go and murder the 2 who killed his cousin & almost him he finally gets in too deep. A tape surface that one of his "friends" has and after Caine fu**s him up he gives it to the police. As Caine is planning to move to Kansas (after a long talk from his buddy Shafeef's dad (Charles Hudson) and the cops getting on him about a robbery after he was arrested for car theft) w/ his buddy Stacy & his girlfriend (Jada Pinkett) who was the old girl of his O.G. mentor, tragedy strikes. A great movie that is full of humor, action, and sadness. That's all I'll tell you but you gotta go see it, it is a great movie and highly recommended.

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Summary: Am I supposed to be sympathetic?
Review: We have here another blaxploiation movie. Once again, we are shown horrifying images of life in a "ghetto" in the Watts district of California and are expected to be sympathetic. Menace to Society is yet anothe cliched and trite account of Black on Black crime in America which fails to divulge or even suggest the harsh truth of this plague.
The real reasons for the neverending crime in Black communities has nothing to do with "poor social environments" or "lack of education" as so many liberals have said. After all, who created these factors if not Blacks themselves. The statistcics themselves are apalling: 1 in every 3 Black males is in some sort of correctional phase, and even though Blacks constitute about 11 percent of American population, they are responsible for 46 percent of violent crime.
However, these harsh facts are never openly admitted by the liberals. They claim that "failing schools" are responsible. The schools weren't failing until the failing black students came along, were they? The teachers are accused of not assuming enough responsibility and not "motivating" the students, but again the harsh reality is that Blacks aren't acadeimically inclined. In fact, they are underepresented in all forms of academia.
However, Menace to Society does away with all these prolems, completely alleviating whatever responsibility the Blacks have for themselves. Perhaps they are correct in their view that it is the fault of the evil "man".

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Summary: Exceptional indeed
Review: Menace II Society Movie Review

There have been many things stated about the movie I am reviewing. I have heard so many things from people about it. Yet still many people have never even heard or seen it. It is one of those movies that you have been just awed by it. It has so much character and content, it leaves audiences feeling as though the have missed something. This film which is none as Menace to Society is probably one of the best if not the best films depicting black youth and culture in the early 90's. This film is thought of as the new generation for the Boys-N-The Hood. This movie was filmed right around the time of the Rodney King beating. When there was a lot or racial profiling and racism going on in California. There was so much crime and crooked cops at the time; it was the perfect setting and a perfect story. Directed by the Hughes Brothers who also wrote and directed From Hell staring Johnny Depp, this film will be an all-time classic for society. If you ever wanted to know how the ghetto can be, and how it is molds an African-American male. Then this is the movie you need to see.
The movie stars Tyrin Turner as Cane the main star. He grows up having to see his father murder a guy when he was just a child. He also later has his father shot killed in a drug deal gone wrong and his mother overdose on heroin. He stays with his grandmother and grandfather. The movie picks up on his last day of high school before graduation. Where after that his life seems to kind of go on a dangerous adventure. He is accompanied by his friend O'Dogg who is played by Lorenz Tate. This character labeled as Americas worst nightmare a young black dude that don't give a F*** about nobody. Also, staring as his love interest Jada Pinkett-Smith, this movie has a up and coming actors and actresses.
This movie is an all-time great classic gangster movie. This is a movie that shows the ghetto and society as it is around that time. This is the Cornbread Earl and Me for my generation, the Boyz-N-The Hood. This represents what many people outside the black urban community do not see. This film to me is right up there with all other gangster movies; Scarface, Hoodlum, and all Godfathers. This movie represents the struggles the problems the consequences that black people in the urban community encounter. There is a part in the movie when Cane's grandfather sat down with him and O'Dogg. He asked them what were they going to do in life, he told them that the streets are not there forever and the only thing out there is jail or death. Neither one had an acceptable answer then he asked do they care whether they live or die? This is how everyone feels coming out of the ghetto, it's like the ghetto has a hold on you and there is hell to go through to break it. I know too many people that have gotten caught up in the ghetto and who may never make it out. It's a shame that it happens like this, but this is my main reason for identifying with the movie. For the rest of my life this may be the best black gangster movie representative of my African-American generation.


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Summary: Truer feel.
Review: I stated in my Boyz n the Hood review that I was a native to Los Angeles.

This movie seem to be more home to idea of the situation there. There is less of a gang feel, and more to a crew feel.

I've had friends or known people that were part of a gang, but I never was involved in anything.

I don't know. It seems to hurt more now that I think about. The situation is not good. Well, maybe something can be done. I believe that there is always a solution to everything. It's just a matter of time.

-Calvin

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Summary: A very powerful film
Review: In my opinion even more powerful than Boyz. We can only hope that the message got to the intended audience so so much needless waste of life can one day be stopped.