Have the film center around the relationship between Anthony & Caine Jr, an them eventually developing a relationship as brothers of some sort, Caine Jr after overcoming their differences in upbringing and lifestyles, trying to live up to the expectations of O-Dogg who ran the streets with his father but somehow never left them, and him finally breaking the cycle of the streets, A-Wax as the old man mentor who actually had a falling out with O-Dogg, once they realize there was always something off with him, etc. Chicago Reader critic Jonathan Rosenbaum stated, 'This is a powerful, convincing, and terrifying look at teenage crime in contemporary Watts. The film scored an 85 'fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 35 reviews. O Dogg becoming an OG gangbanger running a drug operation in Watts, fighting to keep stronghold of the last black drug territory in LA, due to the influx of Hispanics & Mexican gangs beefin with the same eses that saved Caine & Sharif, 20 years earlier. Menace II Society received generally positive reviews from critics. Sharif the leader of a Nation of Islam Chapter with Chauncey, Doc, & Lew-Loc as convertsĪ-Wax after a retaliation attack from the dudes who killed Harold now a motivational speaker at schools, community centers, and gang intervention programs along with working as a mechanic. Stacey becoming a famous NFL player, now in the twilight of his career Illena’s child ending up just like Caine, becoming a young hustler in the street life repeating the same mistakes of his father as an apprentice to O. He moves to LA where he meets the son of the woman his mother loved, who was like a father to him. Imagine if there was a sequel to Menace II Society, 20 years laterĪnthony moving to Atlanta and making it in the black middle class, despite having a single mother working as a lawyer in the criminal justice system with the lessons imparted onto him by Caine & Pernell.
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