Menace II Society is one of the most degrading pieces of propaganda, as it portrays an over-the-top story which passes for "ghetto life". Thug life is more like it. The story is lousy, and if the Hughes Brothers were white, this would rank right up there with Birth of A Nation.
I found no sympathy in the main character, Caine. He is more like the jerks we see in Goodfellas, Casino, and that Great American Epic, The Godfather. Yes, this film belongs in that genre; it just has a black face. I was offended at the time, when the studio tried to market this movie with Boyz in the Hood. The two movies are completely different. Just because it deals with African Americans, it doesn't make the two films similar. And what is up with the "ghetto films"? I haven't heard such racist remarks in a while. So many complained about blaxploitation films, years before. Menace II Society, however, is the real offensive stereotype. To say that one film is the "real deal" for poor African Americans is a sham, and this movie has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
This movie is for people who enjoy violent movies, or just want to make fun of others.
I found no sympathy in the main character, Caine. He is more like the jerks we see in Goodfellas, Casino, and that Great American Epic, The Godfather. Yes, this film belongs in that genre; it just has a black face. I was offended at the time, when the studio tried to market this movie with Boyz in the Hood. The two movies are completely different. Just because it deals with African Americans, it doesn't make the two films similar. And what is up with the "ghetto films"? I haven't heard such racist remarks in a while. So many complained about blaxploitation films, years before. Menace II Society, however, is the real offensive stereotype. To say that one film is the "real deal" for poor African Americans is a sham, and this movie has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
This movie is for people who enjoy violent movies, or just want to make fun of others.