Menace II Society

1993 film directed by Albert and Allen Hughes
Movie film Q1542944
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Summary

Menace II Society is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,483 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Allen Hughes[3], Albert Hughes[4]
  • Screenwriter: Albert Hughes[5], Allen Hughes[6]
  • Composer: Quincy Jones III[7]
  • Genre: crime film[8], drama film[9], coming-of-age film[10], hood film[11], action film[12]
  • Cast member: Tyrin Turner[13], Larenz Tate[14], Jada Pinkett Smith[15], Samuel L. Jackson[16], MC Eiht[17], Clifton Powell[18], Glenn E. Plummer[19], Bill Duke[20], Charles S. Dutton[21], Brandon Hammond[22], Khandi Alexander[23], Clifton Collins[24], Anthony Johnson[25], Martin Davis[26]
  • Producer: Darin Scott[27]
  • Production company: New Line Cinema[28]
  • Director of photography: Lisa Rinzler[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
  • Soundtrack release: Menace II Society – The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[31]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[32]
  • Review score: 83%[33], 7.4/10[34], 76/100[35]
  • Color: color[36]
  • Country of origin: United States[37]
  • Publication date: May 26, 1993[38], January 20, 1994[39]
  • Distributed by: New Line Cinema[40], Netflix[41], Fandango at Home[42]
  • Narrative location: Los Angeles[43], California[44], Watts[45]
  • Main subject: African Americans[46], violence[47], drug-related crime[48], American Ghettos[49], shooting[50], gang[51], violent crime[52], cycle of violence[53]
  • Title: Menace II Society[54]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[55]
  • Duration: 97 minutes[56]
  • Set in period: 1993[57], 1970s[58]

Why It Matters

Menace II Society has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Menace II Society. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Menace II Society. wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Menace II Society. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . Menace II Society. wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . Menace II Society. wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . Menace II Society. wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Menace II Society. wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . Menace II Society. wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . Menace II Society. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [59] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [60] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  4. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1993, 1970s
    Publication date → +1993-05-26T00:00:00Z, +1994-01-20T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+97'}
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