Menace II Society

Name: Menace II Society
Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1993-05-26
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, Glenn Plummer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Samuel L. Jackson

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Menace II Society (1993)

Timing: 1:37 (97 min)

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Video for the film Menace II Society — Menace II Society (1993) Original Trailer [FHD]

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Release date

1993-05-26

Country

United States

Production

New Line Cinema

Genre

Drama, Crime, Thriller

Budget

$3 500 000

Box office

$27 900 000

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Director

Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes

Actors

Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, Glenn Plummer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Samuel L. Jackson, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda, Reginald Ballard, Khandi Alexander, Jullian Roy Doster
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Darin Scott, Kevin Moreton

Camera operator

Lisa Rinzler

Composer

Quincy Jones III

Artist

Penny Barrett

Audition

Tony Lee

Editing

Christopher Koefoed
Whole Team (23)

Short description

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

What's left behind the scenes

Initially, hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur was cast in one of the roles, but he was fired after a fight with one of the directors, Allen Hughes. Shakur was accused of assault. In a 1988 television appearance, he even boasted about it. A recording of his confession to the talk show host served as evidence against Shakur in court. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail.
Work on the film had to be suspended for two days when members of the Hacienda Village Bloods street gang trashed the set and decorations built in one of the areas of Los Angeles.
The scenes at the end of the film, where the character played by Laurence Tate is put into a police car, weren't initially in the script; they were added later. Originally, the intention was to make everything more realistic and show that this character got away with everything.