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''Menace II Society'' is a 1993 American hood drama film directed by Allen and Albert Hughes in their directorial debut, and starring Tyrin Turner, Jada Pinkett, Larenz Tate and Samuel L. Jackson. The film is set in South Central Los Angeles, California. The film follows the life of a hoodlum named Kaydee "Caine" Lawson and his close friends. It gained notoriety for its scenes of violence, profanity, and drug-related content. It was released in May 1993 to critical acclaim for its gritty portrayal of urban violence and its powerful underlying messages. ==Plot== Kaydee "Caine" Lawson is a child raised in South Central Los Angeles. His father was a dope dealer who was killed in a drug deal when Caine was ten and his mother was a heroin addict. As a result he went to go live with his grandparents. Caine grows up to become a drug dealer himself along with his friends. Caine and his best friend Kevin "O-Dog" Anderson enter a local store to buy malt liquor, as the Korean storekeeper and his wife watch them suspiciously. As they are about to leave, an argument ensues and the shopkeeper insults O-Dog by saying "I feel sorry for your mother". Enraged, O-Dog shoots him and his wife. He then takes money from the cash register, and the video surveillance tape. Afterwards, Caine graduates from high school and in the evening Caine and friends celebrate at a house party. Later on, Caine and his cousin Harold are carjacked and Harold is murdered, while Caine is wounded. When O-Dog informs Caine that he has learned the identity of the carjackers he, Caine, and their friend A-Wax, find the assailants and kill them. Caine and O-Dog are hired by Chauncey, a local hood, for a car insurance scheme but are caught in the process and arrested by police. A detective attempts to link Caine to the store killings by matching his fingerprints to the ones found on the bottle at the crime scene. However, without the security tape, there is not enough evidence to charge Caine. Once released, Caine buys a new car from a chop shop and robs a local for his Dayton wheels. Caine then purchases a large quantity of cocaine to cook into crack and sell. Caine begins to enjoy his new hustler lifestyle with his crew, and meets a local girl named Ilena at the park. After facing police brutality and recovering in a hospital, Caine is visited by his friend, Ronnie, who tells him that she has found a job in Atlanta and invites him to come with her. Caine shows hesitance but is eventually persuaded and the two end up making love. When Caine rejoins his friends, he notices that Chauncey is making drunken advances towards Ronnie. Furious, Caine takes one of O-Dog's guns and pistol whips Chauncey with it. As revenge, Chauncey sends a copy of the robbery video tape (which O-Dog held on to) to the police. Later, Caine gets a phone call from Ilena, who tells him that she is pregnant with his child, but Caine does not believe it is his. Before leaving for Atlanta, Caine is confronted by Ilena's cousin, who chastises Caine for getting his cousin pregnant and failing to own up to his actions. With a few exchanges of words, an altercation ensues. Caine beats up Ilena's cousin in front of his grandparents' house and continues to stomp him while he is down. After the fight, Caine's grandparents talk with him, and his grandfather tells him that they cannot let him stay with them anymore because they think that there is no hope for a hoodlum like him. Heartbroken, Caine leaves and goes to Ronnie's house so they can go off in search of a better life in Atlanta. Just as Caine and Ronnie finish packing their things, Ilena's cousin, seeking revenge on Caine for humiliating him, and a gang of gunmen execute a drive-by shooting on the house. Caine's friend Sharif is killed and Caine is fatally wounded. As Caine slowly dies, he sees flashbacks of the events that led to this moment. He realizes that his crime-ridden life has finally caught up with him, and O-Dog is seen being arrested by the police. He also remembers when his grandfather asked him if he cared whether he lived or died and Caine's last thought is that he does, but now it is too late. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Menace II Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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