Menace II Society
Directed by	Allen Hughes & Albert Hughes
Written by	Allen Hughes (story) Albert Hughes (story) Tyger Williams (story & screenplay)
Starring	Tyrin Turner Larenz Tate Jada Pinkett Smith
Music by	Menace II Society original soundtrack
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	May 28 , 1993 (limited) May 28, 1993 (nationwide)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
Budget	$3.5 million
IMDb profile

Menace II Society is a 1993 hood film and the directorial debut of twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes. The film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United States on May 28, 1993. The film gained notoriety for its frequent scenes of violence and crude language. Despite mixed reviews, however, Menace II Society was critically acclaimed for its gritty portrayal of urban violence and its powerful underlying messages. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (497x755, 90 KB) Licensing This image is of a movie poster or title card, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the movie or the studio which produced the movie in question. ... The Hughes Brothers is the collective named for twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes (b. ... The Hughes Brothers is the collective named for twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes (b. ... The Hughes Brothers is the collective named for twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes (b. ... The Hughes Brothers is the collective named for twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes (b. ... Tyrin Turner (born July 1973) is an African-American actor who has appeared in movies since 1989. ... Larenz Tate (born September 8, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. ... Jada Koren Pinkett Smith (born September 18, 1971) is an American actress and singer. ... The official soundtrack for the movie Menace II Society. ... New Line redirects here. ... is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. ... The Hughes Brothers is the collective named for twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes (b. ... The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ... is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The film takes place in Watts, a high crime district of Los Angeles, California, and follows the life of 18-year-old Caine "Kaydee" Lawson during a long summer after his high school graduation. Although he is a drug-dealer, Caine has a number of redeeming qualities; he lives with his loving grandparents, and with his recently completed high school education, has a number of doors open to him. He financially and emotionally supports a close female friend who is a single mother. Most of Caine's friends—in particular, the homicidally trigger-happy Kevin ("O-Dog")—all seem to be heading towards either jail or an early grave, and are threatening to take Caine with them. Watts is a residential district in southern Los Angeles, California. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...

Plot of the movie

The movie begins as a flustered Caine and his friend, O-Dog, flee the scene after a liquor store robbery. They are in the store to buy malt liquor before going to a party. The Korean shopkeeper and his wife are watching them with apparent unease. O-Dog is verbally abusive of the Korean couple and they demand he and Caine to hurry up an buy, and leave. The shopkeeper's parting comment about feeling sorry for O-Dog's mother angers O-Dog to shoot the man in the head, killing him. He also kills his wife as a witness, and for her loud screaming. O-Dog takes money from the cash register and from the shopkeeper, and then steals the surveillance videotape. (He later watches it repeatedly, seemingly proud of his actions. He also doesn't hesitate to show it to his friends, ignoring Caine's warnings that it will get them both into trouble.) Comparison of 12oz longneck to a 40 of Country Club Malt Liquor Malt liquor is an American term referring to a type of beer that has a high alcohol content and is therefore considered too alcoholic to be marketed as beer. ...

In a flashback, the audience learns that several years before the start of film (in the late 1970s), the drug epidemic has hit the Watts district hard, and Caine's father, Tat Lawson (Samuel L. Jackson), has made this his main source of income by selling heroin. His mother (Khandi Alexander), a heroin addict, is strung out most of the time, so a young Caine has no one to take care of him and is left to fend for himself in an unforgiving world of drugs, guns, and violence. Caine is given a handle on this form of societal decay by the ubiquitous Pernell, who becomes in a way Caine's "street" father, a replacement for his "real" father, who was killed during a drug deal when he was 10. It also is stated that his mother died of a drug overdose a few years afterwards. In literature, film, television and other media, a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point the story has reached. ... Samuel Jackson redirects here. ... For other uses, see Heroin (disambiguation). ... Khandi Alexander (born September 4, 1957) is an American dancer, choreographer, and film and television actress. ...

Eight years later, with Pernell in jail (for life without parole) and his parents deceased, Caine lives with his grandparents in Jordan Downs. He has just graduated from high school and is the proud recipient of a diploma. To celebrate, he and his cousin Harold head off to a party. The celebration quickly turns ugly as Harold (Saafir) and Caine are caught off guard ("caught slippin'") afte a graduation party and are both shot during a carjacking for Harold's car, a BMW. Fortunately, Caine is only shot in his shoulder, which causes him to go into shock. Harold isn't so lucky; a bullet enters his brain, killing him. After receiving treatment for the shoulder injury, Caine is granted permission to go home. He is picked up by Ronnie, the ex-girlfriend and mother of Pernell's five-year-old son, Anthony, a boy who often reminds Caine of how he used to be when he was much younger. Caine develops a bond with the young child, forming a father-son relationship with him, much like the one he had with Pernell years before. This relationship - Caine, Ronnie, and Anthony - shows us a different side to our rather unconventional hero. Jordan Downs is a public housing apartment complex in Watts in Los Angeles, California. ... Saafir is a free-style rapper, the saucee nomad, and hunchback of Oakland. After moving from Fresno, California (the No) to Oakland, California, he lived with Tupac Shakur and became a dancer for Digital Underground. ... For other uses, see BMW (disambiguation). ...

Enraged and feeling bitter towards the killers of his cousin Harold due to the car-jacking, Caine's grandfather tries to talk sense into him and O-Dog about the trouble and the consequences of killing. Although they seemed to listen, the two ingore the advice his grandfather gives them. As the two head outside, his grandfather follows behind and asks Caine, "Do you care whether you live or die?". Caine responds "he doesn't know". The two then leave. Along the way, O-Dog gives Caine information on the two killers of his cousin and their whereabouts. Later on, Caine and O-Dog head on over to A-Wax's where O-Dog shows off the surveillance videotape of the murder he committed at the convenience store. A friend then walks up to O-Dog, cocks a shotgun and hands it to him to use. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The three (Caine, O-Dog and A-Wax) then head out to find the 2 killers of Caine's cousin. Caine is having second thoughts about taking another youth's life, then refuses to avenge his cousin's death and is faced with an angered O-Dog. O-Dog states to Caine he ain't "letting that ride", and insults Caine out into carrying on the task. They then come across the vehicle of the killers at a food court in a nearby parking lot. Caine and O-Dog then mask up and head towards the food court. A-Wax sits in the vehicle and waits for them to return. Caine (loaded with a pistol) and O-Dog (loaded with the shotgun) walks up to the killers and the two begin shooting. O-Dog blows off the head of one of the killers, instantly killing the first killer. As the second killer runs, Caine unloads heavy fire onto him, severely wounding him. He is still able to run and he limps into the parking lot, but unfortunately runs into A-Wax where A-Wax drives his pistol into the killer's gut and fires several shots, killing the second killer. The three then jump into car and they storm out.

As the movie moves on, we find Caine hanging out with Ronnie's little son, Anthony. They both are enjoying a boxing video game when Caine pulls out his gun in front of Anthony and sits it on top of a dresser next to him. Anthony asks to see the gun, so Caine then begins to show him how to hold it as if he really was to own one. Ronnie walks in on Caine and Anthony holding the gun and explodes in anger towards Caine for his lack of responsibility with Anthony. She also yells at Caine for giving her money and says she can earn it herself. Caine states he's only paying back Pernell for watching out for him over the years. Ronnie says he doesn't owe Pernell anything and he should be glad to have reached the age of 18 and graduated. Then she says the sad part is that she's starting to see all of Pernell's old behavior beginning to grow up inside of Caine. Caine then leaves.

Later on, we once again find Caine, O-Dog, and A-Wax driving into an indoor parking lot. As they're rolling around, they're looking for a black Nissan Maxima to steal, as a white man that Chauncy knows has offered them money for stealing this type of car and returning it to him. As Caine and O-Dog find a car to break into, a toll booth security guard calls the cops. Once the two finally break in and are almost about to drive out of the tunnel, the cops pull right in. They ditch the car to run and hide, but are unfortunately found and attacked by a police dog. Caine is arrested, but since it is his first offense (Caine states, "actually, the first time I'd ever been caught for anything"), his crime was reduced from a grand theft auto to an attempted joyride. O-Dog was let off the hook with a warning since he was a minor. We now move to a scene where Caine is in a room with a detective. The detective states he's going to asks simple questions and wants simple-truthful answers. They go back and forth about the incident from the start of the movie at the liquor store. Caine tries his best to make up good lies, but can't stay consistent. But even so, the police did not have the stolen videotape so there were no leads. He is later released. Grand Theft Auto may refer to Motor vehicle theft, a crime in many jurisdictions Grand Theft Auto (film), a film directed by Ron Howard Grand Theft Auto (series), a computer and video game series Grand Theft Auto (video game), the first game in this series Category: ... To joyride is to drive around in a car with no particular goal, a ride taken solely for pleasure. ... A graph with 6 vertices (nodes) and 7 edges. ...

Later on in the movie, Stacy and Sharif pick up Caine to go buy an illegal car. Caine seems to begin leading on a this crime life as he now commits a real grand theft auto, robbing a youth at gunpoint for his rims on his car for his own (that he has just gotten illegally), his beeper, his jewelry, and his money. He even made the youth pay for a burger, since they were at a fast food joint. Basically, he "caught the guy slipping". We then go into a scene where Caine is cutting up bits of a drug (possibly heroin). He states his father has taught everything he knows about art drugs and drug-selling to Caine. As things seemed to be going good for Caine with money in his pocket, a new beeper, new jewelry, and new rims on his car, he feels like he's on top of the world. It even gets better when finds a cute girl by the name of Ilena as he is pulling into a parking lot at a barbecue. As she reverses out of her parking spot, he traps her in with his vehicle and begins flirting with her. He asks for her phone number and the two hook up. This article is about the food item. ...

Later on, Caine becomes implicated in two additional murders (in retaliation for his cousin's slaying), grand theft auto, and the acquisition of the stolen goods: a registered car, rims, and jewelry that he robs from the youth. He's also learned that cops can be as "hard" as he can, but what sets them apart from him is that they have badges and guns, which he only has a gun. Caine winds up in the hospital after experiencing police brutality while cruising with Sharif. After being brutally beaten, the two are then thrown into a police car where they are dropped off in a Hispanic gang area, severe;y injured. Caine assumes that they were in for another brutal beating because of their personal gang issues, instead gets a ride from the Eses to the hospital. January 31 1919: David Kirkwood on the ground after being struck by batons of the Glasgow police Police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force, assault, verbal attacks, and threats by police officers and other law enforcement officers. ... Hispanic (Spanish: ; Portuguese: ; Latin: , adjective from Hispānia, the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula) is a term that historically denoted relation to the ancient Hispania and its peoples. ... -1...

Ronnie visits him during his recovery process, but with more on her mind than just a simple meet-up. She is worried about Caine, and would be less concerned if he were to come with her and Anthony to Atlanta, where she plans to work. She leaves him alone to think about her offer, and Caine reminisces on all that has happened to him, all that he's done, and all the things he'd ultimately end up doing if he stayed. At one of their parties in Ronnie's house, she makes her true feelings for Caine present, and even though Caine was hesitant at first due to him knowing that Ronnie was Pernell's old girlfriend, Ronnie convinces him that he shouldn't worry. Caine then agrees upons her offer and then the two make out in her room. Afterwards, Chauncy is seen aggressively pushing up on Ronnie, despite her pleas to get him to stop. This enrages Caine, and he takes O-Dog's gun and pistol-whips Chauncy. Later on, Caine answers the phone to Ilena. She's tells him that she is pregnant and that he is the father. He denies and hangs up. This article is about the state capital of Georgia. ... Pistol Whip is a custom variant of slayer in Halo 2 To create the variant turn off weapons that spawn on map. ...

With Pernell's encouragement for a visit to the prison, Caine decides to go with Anthony and Ronnie. Upon this visit, Caine earns Pernell's blessing for watching out for Ronnie and Anthony and to raise him up right. Later on, Caine arrives at his grandparents, where he was greeted by O-Dog at gunpoint only for O-Dog to admit to joking and kidding around with him. An upset, bitter, not-in-the-mood Caine is then faced-off with the cousin of Ilena due to Caine's refusal to acknowledge his responsibility towards Ilena. An argument heats off between the two and Caine punches the guy, knocking him to the ground where he then violently stomps the cousin as O-Dog encourages him on. This is when he is caught by his grandfather carrying on this violent behavior. He is then asked into the house for a discussion where his grandparents then tell him he must leave due to the negative attention he is attracting. Caine then tells them about his plans of moving to Atlanta with Ronnie and Anthony in a couple of days and asks for a little bit more stay-time. They reject his pleas and tells him once again he must go.

In the final scenes of the movie we see the gang, including O-Dog, taking Caine's belongings out of Ronnie's rooms and into a van outside Ronnie's house. It's a beautiful day outside; the ice cream truck is making its rounds, and Anthony's trying out the new Big Wheel Caine just bought him. However, we to a scene where Ilena's cousin, who is very angry from the beating by Caine, jumps in a car with his boys and they head off along the way preparing their weapons for a drive-by shooting, despite the begging and pleas of Ilena not to not go through with this act. We then go to Caine and Ronnie make their final preparations to leave(Ronnie is in the house while Caine outside takes out the trash). Ilena's cousin and his buddies then rides in front of the house and unloads heavy fire. Sharif is shot and dies instantly. As Caine runs towards Anthony to protect him from the bullets, he receives heavy gun fire unto himself along the way. Although O-Dog retaliates back with heavy fire of his own, it does not help. Anthony is fine as Caine covers him until the drive-by ends. However, it does not turn out good for Caine as he then lies bleeding in Stacey's arms, severely wounded, at which point he then begins he reflect on his life. The movie ends with Caine repeating the question his grandfather asked him earlier, "Do you care whether you live or die?", to which Caine answers that he does indeed care; however, it is now too late. With that, the movie then ends. A drive-by shooting (or drive-by for short) is a personal attack carried out by someone from a moving or momentarily stopped vehicle. ...

Cast

• Tyrin Turner - Caine "Kaydee" Lawson
• Larenz Tate - Kevin "O-Dog" Anderson
• Jada Pinkett Smith - Ronnie
• Samuel L. Jackson - Tat Lawson
• MC Eiht - A-Wax
• Glenn Plummer - Pernell
• Clifton Powell - Chauncy
• Marilyn Coleman - Caine's grandmother
• Arnold Johnson - Caine's grandfather Thomas
• Pooh-Man - Doc
• Jullian Roy Doster - Anthony
• Too Short - Lew-Loc
• Khandi Alexander - Karen Lawson
• Vonte Sweet - Sharif Butler
• Ryan Williams - Stacey
• Bill Duke - Detective
• Dwayne L. Barnes - Basehead
• Robert R. Gonzales - Car dealer
• Martin Davis - Car jack victim
• Rolando Molina - Vato #1
• Clifton Collins Jr. - Vato #2
• Tony Valentino - Vato #3
• Daniel Villareal - Vato #4
• Saafir - Harold
• Reginald Ballard - Clyde
• Brandon Hammond - Five year old Caine
• June Kyoko Lu - Grocery store woman
• Toshi Toda - Grocery store man
• Yo Yo - Girl at party
• Charles S Dutton - Mr. Butler

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Production

Originally Tupac Shakur was set to play O-Dog but he was later dropped for assaulting director Allen Hughes after being given a part larger than he wanted.^[1] "I hit one of them and he dropped, the other one ran like a bitch." ^[2] Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac, Makaveli, or simply as Pac, was an American artist renowned for his rap music, movie roles, poetry, and his social activism. ...

Impact on culture

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While the movie was seen by fans as a gritty portrayal of urban strife, many critics of the movie felt that it actually glamorized the lifestyle.^{[citation needed]} This was the exact opposite of what the directors had intended when making the movie. While this movie, along with popular debut albums from Eazy-E and Compton's Most Wanted, appeared to help popularize the thug lifestyle idolized by a subset of Californian youths in the early 1990s, it was really more of a commentary on the function of race in the early 1990s. Eazy-E (Eric Wright) (September 7, 1963 - March 26, 1995) was an African-American rapper, record producer, and record executive who initially rose to fame as a member of the group N.W.A.. Born in Compton, California, Eazy-E dropped out of Compton High School while in tenth grade... Comptons Most Wanted is a gangsta rap group still performing today on independent lables. ... Look up thug in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

The movie was largely successful due to the brilliant and realistic dialogue. It was also one of the first movies to use the regional slang and dialect of urban blacks in Los Angeles as opposed to the New York black slang and accent that dominated most of urban media.^{[citation needed]} The film has also become known for its frequent crude and profane language. For example, the word "fuck" and its derivatives are used 300 times in this 97-minute film[1]. This was a record up to that time and the film still holds one of the highest fuck per minute rates at 3.09 times per minute. There have been many references to the movie in pop culture. This article is about the state. ...

• The Boondocks a Japanese anime-influenced cartoon series written by Aaron McGruder currently airing on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The show has incorporated quotes from the movie into the dialogue of the character voiced by Samuel L. Jackson. In addition to that there is a parody of the interrogation scene in the 3rd episode of the second season of The Boondocks entitled Thank You for Not Snitching.
• Snoop Dogg's song "Doggy Dogg World" from Doggystyle, featured rapper Kurupt says "You really don't know, do you, you fuckin wit a hog / You can't do me, I'm goin out looney like O-Dog"
• T.I.'s song "King of da South" from Trap Muzik he says "I've been a menace to society (since when) since Menace II Society."
• Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, where on the Girls, Girls, Girls remix in the final track he says: "For now I get around, like the late Makaveli on Pirelli twenty inches, or Caine and O-Dog's stick-up tape from Menace."
• In another Jay-Z song, "Money, Cash, Hoes (Remix)" in Memphis Bleeks' verse he says "Wanna be a menace so you got Caine in you, I put them thangs in you".
• The song "High All the Time", 50 Cent raps about being a role model where he says "sippin' Guinness watching Menace and Oh Lord, have a young nigga buckin shit like he O-Dog."
• Similarly in "New York", 50 Cent raps "it's the sequel to Menace and Oh Lord he done went O-Dog".
• The Game references the film in his song "Old English", when he states "I was a menace to society, but I never left fingerprints on my Olde English."
• The Alchemist Hold You Down (The Alchemist song) on Prodigy's, verse he says When it comes to teks, I'm similar to a menace, Like Ol' Dog sniffin caine couldn't fuck with the damage .
• In Jim Jones's video for his song "Certified Gangstas", he and rapper The Game have an exact word for word conversation with the Asian owners of a liquor store, just as O-Dog and Caine in the first scene in the movie.

The Simpsons also spoofed the film in one episode, where Lisa and Homer watch a short cartoon starring Ludacris, called Menace Tooth Society. ^[3] Boondocks are rural areas. ... Animé redirects here. ... Aaron McGruder (born May 29, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks, a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip about two young African-American brothers from inner-city Chicago now living with their grandfather in a sedate suburb. ... For Cartoon Network outside of the United States, see Cartoon Network around the world. ... Adult Swim, usually stylized [adult swim], is an adult-oriented television network sharing channel space with Cartoon Network in the United States. ... Samuel Jackson redirects here. ... A parody (pronounced ), in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humorous or satiric imitation. ... Thank You for Not Snitching is the third episode of the second season of the Adult Swim animated television series The Boondocks and the eighteenth episode overall. ... Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. ... This article is about the Snoop Doggy Dogg album. ... Kurupt (born Ricardo Emmanuel Brown on November 23, 1972 in Darby Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania) is an American rapper and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records. ... This article is about the musician. ... Trap Muzik is the second album from hip-hop artist T.I.. It was released on August 19, 2003 in the United States. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... For other uses, see Blueprint (disambiguation). ... For other people named Tupac, see Tupac (disambiguation). ... Pirelli & C. SpA is a diverse multinational company based in Milan, Italy. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Malik Thuston Cox (born on June 23, 1980), better known by his rap persona of Memphis Bleek, is a New York rapper who regularly came in contact with rap legends such as The Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z. After his childhood, he has collaborated with artists such as... 50 cent redirects here. ... Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known commonly as 50 Cent, is a popular rapper who rose to fame following the success of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre. ... Nina Sky chronology Prodigy chronology Hold You Down was the first single released by The Alchemist from his album 1st Infantry. ... For other persons named Jim Jones, see Jim Jones (disambiguation). ... Forget about Cetified Gangstas, this kid Cam Phelps is a horrible man. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... -1...

The 1996 Wayans Brothers spoof Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood based its main storyline mostly from the movie. Multiple characters from the movie are visibly portrayed with Marlon Wayans character named "Loc Dog" and so on. Dont Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood is a 1996 film. ... Marlon Wayans (born July 23, 1972) is an American actor, producer, comedian, writer, and director of movies, beginning with his role as a pedestrian in Im Gonna Git You Sucka in 1988. ...

Critical reception

Menace II Society received positive reviews from critics. The film scored an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 35 reviews. It has an average rating of 7.5/10. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Jonathan Rosenbaum from the Chicago Reader 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." EmanuelLevy.com 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 Chicago Reader is an alternative newsweekly in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded in 1971[2] by a group of friends who attended Carleton College. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... This article is about the song by rapper Eazy-E. For 1991 film, see Boyz n the Hood. ...

The film had its share of negative reviews as well. Geoff Andrew of Time Out stated, "Regrettably, the Hughes Brothers' first feature is a compendium of cliches." Stephen Holden of The New York Times stated, "If Menace II Society is terrific on ambiance, it is considerably less successful in revealing character." Time-out can mean: sport time-out, a break in play that may be called by a side to formulate strategy or respond to an players injury. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ...

See also

• Menace II Society soundtrack

The official soundtrack for the movie Menace II Society. ...

References

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