Menace II Society

Menace II Society

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

199397 min7.5 / 10

A gritty, unflinching portrait of street life in Los Angeles that documents the systemic desperation and violence trapping a young hustler, offering little comfort but considerable moral weight.

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

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