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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man who bragged that he would do a “Menace II Society,” referring to the movie that begins with the killing of two store clerks, faces execution Thursday in the 1994 slayings of a ...

That is why I originally had no desire to see the movie “Menace II Society,” which is now sparking so much controversy over its portrayal of life in the inner city. My 18-year old brother ...