Movie
Menace II Society
Overview
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Details
- Release date
- 1993-05-26
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- New Line Cinema
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tyrin Turner as Caine 'Kaydee' Lawson
- Larenz Tate as Kevin 'O-Dog'
- Glenn Plummer as Pernell
- Jada Pinkett Smith as Ronnie
- Samuel L. Jackson as Tat Lawson
- June Kyoto Lu as Grocery Store Woman
- Toshi Toda as Grocery Store Man
- Reginald Ballard as Clyde
- Khandi Alexander as Karen Lawson
- Jullian Roy Doster as Anthony
- Brandon Hammond as Five Year Old Caine
- Eugene Lee as Man #1
Crew
- Albert Hughes - Director
- Allen Hughes - Director
- Tyger Williams - Screenplay
- Allen Hughes - Story
- Albert Hughes - Story
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