The movie opens as Caine and O-Dog, his heedless, violent friend, enter a Korean grocery store to buy a couple of beers. For him, "respect" is the product of intimidation: If you back down because you fear him, you "respect" him. He adopts the street values based on a corruption of the word "respect." He wants respect but has done nothing to deserve it. The tragedy of Caine's life is that he cannot stand back a little and get a wider view, see what alternatives are available. The film's narration tells us he is society's nightmare: "He's young, he's black, and he doesn't give a -." We see that it is more complicated than that. By the time he is in high school, Caine wears a beeper on his belt and is a small-time drug dealer. He takes an older neighborhood man as his mentor, only to see him go to prison. Data sources and other information.As a small boy he sees his father murder a man over a trivial matter. More info at IMDb, Wikipedia, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Netflix, Wikidata.
Chicago Reader critic Jonathan Rosenbaum stated, "This is a powerful, convincing, and terrifying look at teenage crime in contemporary Watts." Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly gave it a positive review, stating, "Menace II Society is bleak, brilliant, and unsparing." gave the film an A, saying it is "The most stunning feature debut in the new African American cinema, even more so than Boyz n the Hood to which the coming of age feature bears thematic resemblance." The film was placed on both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert's 10 best films of 1992 lists, with Ebert praising "the way the filmmakers tell Caine's story without making him seem either the hero or victim". The film scored an 85% 'fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 35 reviews. Menace II Society received generally positive reviews from critics. This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA. Crime, Drama, Thriller Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
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