By Lawrence Ware When it was released 30 years ago, “Menace II Society” was a shock to the system. Maybe because the trailer conveyed a sense of optimism amid scenes of Black urban life ...

“It set the table for the whole movie, because the whole movie felt like that scene,” Allen Hughes says of the harrowing opening to “Menace II Society,” the 1993 film he co-directed with ...

The hunt is on. And you’re the prey,” the bitter, frustrated, middle-aged high school teacher tells the young, black Caine, the antihero of “Menace II Society.” The theme of endangerment ...

There was a clear movement afoot as the fraternal filmmaking duo Albert and Allen Hughes released their feature film debut, 1993’s Menace II Society, 30 years ago, on May 26, 1993. The story ...

Saafir, a respected West Coast Hip-Hop artist and actor who appeared in the 1993 film Menace II Society, has passed away at the age of 54. News of Saafir’s death first surfaced on Tuesday (Nov ...