{"product_id":"menace-ii-society-blu-ray","title":"MENACE II SOCIETY - BLU-RAY","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"a-spacing-mini\"\u003eA raw, riveting portrait of the violence of life in Watts, Los Angeles, by Albert and Allen Hughes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-base\"\u003eDirectors Albert and Allen Hughes and screenwriter Tyger Williams were barely into their twenties when they sent shock waves through American cinema and hip-hop culture with this fatalistic, unflinching vision of life and death on the streets of Watts, Los Angeles, in the 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-base\"\u003eThere, in the shadow of the riots of 1965 and 1992, young Caine (Tyrin Turner) is growing up under the influence of his ruthless, drug-dealing father (Samuel L. Jackson, in a chilling cameo) and his loose-cannon best friend, O-Dog (Larenz Tate), leading him into a spiral of violent crime from which he is not sure he wants to escape, despite the best efforts of his grandparents and the steadfast Ronnie (Jada Pinkett).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-base\"\u003eFusing grim realism with a propulsively stylish aesthetic honed through the Hughes brothers’ work on rap videos,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMenace II Society\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a searing cautionary tale about the devastating human toll of hopelessness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000094015662,"sku":"CC3314BDUK","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/menace_society_Lime_Light_Front_BD_3.png?v=1762174347","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/menace-ii-society-blu-ray","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}