Menace II Society (1993) on Netflix
Raised by his grandparents in the Jordan Downs projects of Watts, Caine Lawson has just finished high school. He runs with a street gang alongside his friend O-Dog, and he wants out.
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- IMDb7.5/1071,102 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes83%
Trailer
Plot summary
Kaydee Lawson, called Caine, and his friend Kevin Anderson, called O-Dog, stop at a liquor store for malt liquor, where a Korean cashier insults O-Dog's mother. O-Dog shoots the cashier and his wife, takes the surveillance tape and the cash, and leaves with Caine. Caine has grown up in the Jordan Downs housing projects, raised by his paternal grandparents after his father Tat died in a drug deal and his mother Karen died of a heroin overdose. Tat's business partner Pernell is in prison serving life. Caine and O-Dog belong to a street gang, and Caine has now finished high school.
Cast
- Jullian Roy Dosteras Anthony
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Menace II Society (1993)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Rappers Spice 1 and Tupac Shakur were initially set to play Caine and Sharif, but both were fired shortly into filming. Director Allen Hughes said Shakur caused trouble on set, and Shakur was angry he was never told why Sharif turned Muslim.
- Six months after Tupac Shakur was fired from Menace II Society, he assaulted director Allen Hughes and was found guilty of assault and battery.
- According to MC Eiht, who played A-Wax, rapper MC Ren was set to play A-Wax but left after the Hughes brothers were dissatisfied with his screen tests. MC Eiht was cast in the role instead.
- In 2023, director Allen Hughes claimed rapper Eazy-E was initially supposed to play O-Dog, but it never happened because Hughes deemed Eazy-E "controlling."
- Principal photography on Menace II Society began in Watts, Los Angeles, with residents of the Jordan Downs housing projects appearing as extras and the real Grape Street Watts Crips working as security.
