
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.... (Full plot summary below)
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This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
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| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaUm retrato impiedoso (e real) de uma sociedade preconceituosa, injusta e massacrante que transforma jovens em ameaças e que, infelizmente, é encontrada em todo o mundo. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAs well-directed a film as you'll see from America this year, an unsentimental and yet completely involving story of a young man who cannot see a way around his fate. |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewRegrettably, the Hughes brothers' first feature is a compendium of clichés. |
| Film ThreatBrad LaidmanThe film is one chillingly authentic scene after another... In the end it's more of a war movie than "Saving Private Ryan" ever was. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversNothing the Hughes brothers have done in their videos for Tone Loc, Tupac Shakur and others prepares you for the controlled intensity and maturity they bring to their stunning feature debut. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickIn the end, it's about life and death, and all the choices we make in between. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonMenace II Society has a devastating impact. Few films possess the power to keep an audience sitting in stunned silence after the end credits begin rolling, but this is one of them. |
| VarietyLeonard KladyFierce, violent and searing in its observation, the film makes previous excursions seem like a stroll through the park. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliIt won't be a fun time -- at least not in the conventional sense -- but you'll sit through a ninety-seven minute odyssey that won't be quickly forgotten. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergOne of the few films to follow "Boyz" that actually had something new to add. |