I really didn't give a damn if the protagonist of Menace died, he just didn't have much charisma. Also, I thought Boyz had better actors all around, and I cared more about the characters. Boyz N tha Hood has rare moments of violence, and they resonated more for it. The story centers around a street life thug named Caine (Tyrin Turner) and his friend O-Dog (Larenz Tate) living in the streets of Watts. Along with Boyz n the Hood, it is one of the defining films of the early 90s and helped popularize the urban crime drama and the Hood Film. The violence began to pile up to the point that it diluted the impact and became almost an action flick. Menace II Society is a 1993 urban drama Hood Film directed by the Hughes Brothers (in their debut). Little moments like when Furious realizes Tre jumped out the window of his bedroom to go on a drive-by, embraces Tre's girlfriend and shows fear for the first time in the movie, those stick out in my memory.īy contrast, Menace had a lot of memorable scenes as well, but none of them really affected me on that level. packed a heavier emotional punch than anything in Menace. Scenes like the cops harassing and threatening Tre with a gun, the childhood prologue, the death of Doughboy's brother (and its immediate aftermath), etc. Both of them were first-time filmmakers, right?īut Boyz was a more powerful movie overall for me. had a better grip on the language of cinema than Singleton at that point in their careers. There are a lot of virtuoso scenes, like the steadycam shot that goes from the curb through a house party and out into the backyard. Menace was the more assured movie from a filmmaking standpoint.
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