Menace II Society (1993)
Catch Jada Pinkett-Smith as Ronnie
Theatrical Release Date: May 26, 1993
Summary: This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.Review: Menace II Society sets up life in the Hood as just one long endless pattern of Black Males growing up without their fathers, reproducing and following their elders path straight to jail or an early grave. One drive by shooting after another drawing endless retaliations. The film is one chillingly authentic scene after another as Caine shows his five year old nephew his gun, expertly mixes drugs, gets beaten by cops, dumped in the wrong side of the DMZ, and even jacks a car through a fast food drive thru. There are a few good role models around, but as Caine (Tyrin Turner). says it goes in one ear and out the other. The hip hop soul soundtrack is good as can be expected, and Larenz Tate is perhaps the most psychotically scary out of control presence in the modern cinema, but in the end it's more of a war movie than Saving Private Ryan ever was.
Jada Pinkett-Smith Movies:
- Collateral (2004)
- Matrix Revolutions (2003)
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- Kingdom Come (2001)
- Bamboozled (2000)
- Mononoke-hime (1999)
- Return to Paradise (1998)
- Scream 2 (1997)
- Set It Off (1996)
- If These Walls Could Talk (1996)
- The Nutty Professor (1996)
- Tales from the Crypt -- Demon knight (1995)
- A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994)
- Jason's Lyric (1994)
- The Inkwell (1994)
- Menace II Society (1993)