A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Menace II Society is of 1 hour(s) and 37 minute(s). It is Produced By: New Line Cinema. It was released on 1993-05-26. It has the tagline: This is the truth. This is what's real. It has an average vote of 7.51 on TMDB.
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