Menace II Society

"Clifton Collins, Jr. - Vato #2"

"Charles S. Dutton - Mr. Butler"

"Martin Davis - Carjacking Victim"

"Garen Holoman - Junior"

"Brandon Hammond - Five Year Old Caine"

"Saafir - Harold Lawson"

"Cynthia Calhoun - Jackee"

"Erin Leshawn Wiley - Ilena"

"Samuel Monroe Jr. - Ilena's Cousin"

"Went into the store just to get a beer. Came out an accessory to murder and armed robbery. It's funny like that in the hood sometimes. You never knew what was gonna happen, or when. After that I knew it was gonna be a long summer."

"Now O-Dog was the craziest nigga alive. America's nightmare: Young, black, and didn't give a fuck."

"For all the bullshit they try to teach you in high school, I graduated with about half of it. But then, I didn't go to school but half the time. The other half, I was out selling dope. Growing up out here, there was shit that couldn't be learned in no classroom."

"My father sold dope and my mother was a heroin addict. Moms and Pops were real popular in the neighborhood. They would always be giving parties for friends of theirs who just got out of jail or was on their way to jail. They only got married 'cause I was born. My pop sometimes worked as an electrician or a cab driver or a plumber, but his main job was selling drugs. Sometimes Mom would use 'em all up before he could even sell 'em. Then he'd have to beat her up. Growing up with parents like that, I heard a lot and I saw a lot. I caught on to the criminal life real quick. Instead of keeping me out of trouble, they turned me on to it."

"I thought killing those fools would make me feel good, but it really didn't make me feel anything. I just knew that I could kill somebody, and if I had to, I could do it again."

"[as he dies in the street] After stomping on Ilena's cousin like that, I knew I was gonna have to deal with that fool someday, but damn. I never thought he'd come back like this—blasting. Like I said, it was funny like that in the hood sometimes. I mean, you never knew what was gonna happen or when. I'd done too much to turn back, and I'd done too much to go on. I guess in the end, it all catches up with you. My grandpa asked me one time if I care whether I live or die. Yeah, I do—and now it's too late."

"You need to be glad that you graduated from high school, and that you're alive at eighteen, and you need to do something with yourself before you end up like he (Pernell) did."

"Now what I want to talk to you two about is the trouble that you've been getting into. Boys, the Lord didn't put you here to be shooting and killing each other. It's right there in the Bible, Exodus 20:13: '"Thou shall not kill.'"

"You don't have any belief, boy. The Lord don't care about who's got the biggest house"

"Do you care whether you live or die?"

"This is the truth. This is what's real."

"Tyrin Turner - Kaydee (Caine) Lawson"

"Jada Pinkett - Ronnie"

"Larenz Tate - Kevin (O-Dog) Anderson"

"Samuel L. Jackson - Tat Lawson"

"MC Eiht - A-Wax"

"Glenn Plummer - James "Pernell" Richards"

"Clifton Powell - Chauncy"

"Marilyn Coleman - Mrs. Lawson"

"Arnold Johnson - Thomas Lawson"

"Pooh-Man - Doc"

"Julian Roy Doster - Anthony"

"Too Short - Lew-Loc"

"Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins - Tyrone"

"Khandi Alexander - Karen Lawson"

"Vonte Sweet - Sharif Butler"

"Ryan Williams - Stacy"

"Bill Duke - Detective"

"Dwayne L. Barnes - Basehead"

"Und O'Dog war der verrückteste Nigger. Der Albtraum Amerikas. Jung, schwarz, der einfach auf alles scheißt."

"Mein Großvater fragte mich, ob es mir egal ist, ob ich lebe oder sterbe. Ist es nicht. Jetzt ist es zu spät."

""Ich hatte zuviel erlebt, um aufzuhören und zuviel getan um weiterzumachen"."

"Hauptdarsteller:"

"Erschienen: 1994"

"Genre: Krimi, Drama"

"Drehbuch: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes"

"Regie: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes"