Cain did it to himself| Menace 2 Society 1993 - 90s classic movie commentary/recap 

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"My grandpa asked me once if I cared if I lived or died-I do...but now it’s too late...” Some of the most haunting words ever uttered in a movie.😰😭

I felt horrible when Shareef died. He wasn’t even in the streets or up to Caine’s shenanigans. Prime example of “watch the company you keep”. Some people can really bring darkness directly into your life. As for Caine- it’s a shame he didn’t learn his lesson until it was too late. Had his whole life ahead of him and it ended so quickly

Clifton Powell, the hardest working actor in Black cinema. If you say his name five times like Candyman he will appear in your movie.

O-Dog started the self snitching movement 😂

Caine fell victim to peer pressure and soon learned that it's not all what it's cracked up to be. Just felt bad that he had to find out the hard way, but then again he knew his time was coming. Classic hood movie and great review, Nostalgia✌🏾

The dude Cain beat up is always getting his ass beat in movies 💀💀💀💀💀

Ronnie was a real one she really cared about Caine also the part were he was robbing the dude and he said “Come on man we supposed to be brothers” really stuck with me because we are really destroying ourselves.💯

The fact cain was getting warnings... from his grandparents and his friends... he got two chances to live and change but unfortunately he got to comfortable with the life style .... he was playing with death literally 🤦🏾‍♀️... also i can wait for your commentary and review on bones ❤️‍🔥

O Dog was a straight menace. Some of y’all need to listen to ya parents sometimes because they do have discernment. Peer pressure is real and the people that you surround yourself with will make you or break you l.

Also since you’ve done 2 larenz Tate movies you gotta do “Why do fools fall in love?” Because that movie is ICONIC

Never understood why everyone in the movie kinda celebrates Caine and tells him he has so much potential to live up to. I mean sure, every person breathing has potential, but Caine specifically wasn't shit! He wasn't working, he was running the streets, and was happy to be about that hood life. In many ways, he was worse than most people he was hanging with, so not sure why so many thought the world of him.

This movie was disturbing for me as a kid and it still disturbing for me to watch as an adult. Talk about complete negative influence. Thank you again for another great review! ❤❤❤

Caine had people in his life that cared about him frfr example (grandparents who loved him) and took care of him. He always had people dropping gems on him to help him better his life despite his circumstances. He CHOSE to not listen and sew bad seeds!

Jada is so pretty in this movie. But yeah, Cain is someone I often refer to as the "Anti-Tre Styles".

the way her cousin runs to the car is hilarious🤣🤣

I think Caine was depressed. I doubt he wanted to live, otherwise he would’ve never put himself in those situations. Caine had opportunities to leave (that’s more than what most people have). People who value their own life don’t give an answer “I don’t know” to the question “do you care if you live or die?”. He was passively suicidal at that point.

Warning goes before destruction and that warning is not always verbal, but life itself is that warning.

I really feel bad for Shareef because he had his dad in his life but he died by proximity. It ain't enough to be around the mess and not have a hand in it, you gotta be all the way out the mix or you will always be guilty by association and can catch a stray! If you hang around bloods you're a blood as far as folks are concerned. I wonder how Shareefs dad took the news man smh. Also im guessing the movie BONES for the next video?! I think? Its been so long

Sharif was also in Boyz N the Hood he's the one who took Ricky's foootball

Cain had so many oppurtunities to leave. But death was coming and knocking.

I’m just saying if Cain was scared and stuttering that bad during the interrogation, that alone proves he don’t need to be living that life if he can’t even lie. Man was straight out of high school and didn’t even attempt at life, just straight to criminal activity

Harold didn't have beef in the streets he was in the wrong place at the wrong time for a carjacking. His decision to delay getting out and feeling his manhood was tested cost him his life. But I agree with many commenters Sharif and his dad were collateral damage for Sharif continuing to hang out with his gangsta friends.

This is another movie i saw at the $1.50 movie theater twice when i was a kid. I hated Caine died & i wanted him to make it out of the hood. The lesson of this movie is everything catches up with you in the end. Rewatching this as an adult i realized that Caine was doing too much & the movie did a great job of making him look like the protagonist. O-Dogg was a dumbass because he was showing off the robbery tape like it was a sports reel. I don’t think Illena was pregnant, she pretended to be in order to trap Caine. Samuel Monroe Jr. is the eternal typecast. If you look up the word typecast in the dictionary you’ll see his picture. Fun Facts: Prior to this movie Tyrin Turner was in Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation Video, In Living Color, Michael Jordan’s Come Fly With Me home video, Deep Cover & Hangin With Mr. Cooper. Larenz Tate appeared on Matlock, Amen, The Wonder Years, The Women Of Brewster Place, New Attitude, The Royal Family, You Take The Kids & The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Caine’s grandparents were played by the late Marilyn Coleman & the late Arnold Johnson. Marilyn Johnson appeared on Good Times, Which Way Is Up, The Five Heartbeats & Meteor Man. Arnold Johnson appeared on Sanford & Son, Good Times, The Jeffersons, A Hero Ain’t Nothing But A Sandwich, Shaft, Family Matters & The Five Heartbeats. The late 2Pac was supposed to play Sharif. He was upset because there was no back story on how Sharif coverted to Islam & he wanted to play O-Dogg instead & he assaulted The Hughes Brothers & bragged about it on Yo! MTV Raps. Spice-1 was supposed to play Caine & MC Ren was supposed to play A-Wax but covered to Islam. MC Eiht & Clifton Powell did voiceovers on GTA: San Andreas. Next weeks review is Bones. Can we please get a review on the following movies: New Jack City South Central Fresh New Jersey Drive

Caine was a character I always felt bad for. He’s been trapped in this vicious cycle of violence since he was a child. This is really all he’s known. It’s no wonder he never woke up and realized this isn’t what he wanted for himself. He probably thought there was nothing for him beyond that.

That knocking boots meme will always make me laugh 😂

Good review. I thought about the Parnell/Ronnie age difference too as I got older. He was the 30 yr old picking up his teen girlfriend. Smh. Samuel Monroe Jr is forever the typecasted bad guy in hood movies. 😂😂😂

That white boy had to be a Federal agent 😭😭😂😂

O’Dog pissed me off with repeatedly showing the tape to everyone, and then the fool gone say “Imma sell this for $59.95!”😂😂😂😂

Caine was product of his environmental unfortunately. What you do will catch up to you and possibly be your fate . Tyron Turner is so handsome 😍

So the twist is , he was dead the whole time he was narrating his life . The Hughes brothers were “Shaymalaning” wayyyy before shaymalan 😂

This man had a wild summer after graduation

The thing is when you are a person who had a strict parent when it came to living in the hood and then you watch movies like this you realize why they were strict especially if you put yourself in the protagonist's shoes

O-dawg showing the tape around ain’t no different from the way these idiots put they crimes on social media or doing a vlad interview

Someone said Charles S. Dutton always play the Angry Black Man, and i can’t unsee that lmao.

A straight up hood classic. The song "streiht up menace" by MC Eiht makes this movie so powerful to me. Oh that scene with Caine in the bathroom. He didn't use the bathroom the whole time he was in jail.

My favorite hood movie of all time💯🔥

I've watched this so many times and noticed how lost Caine looked lost especially when his granddaddy asked if he cared if he lived or died? That was too real! I love the soundtrack to the movie too. Also Clifton Powell is a very overlooked actor. Give him his flowers! Great commentary! I think you should do a commentary on Why Do Fools Fall in Love, since you're on fire with the Larenz Tate flicks! Also, have you seen The Corner, it's a miniseries that aired on HBO in 2000, Charles Dutton directed it and it stars T.K. Carter, Tasha Smith, Glen Plummer and Kandi Alexander. It's set in Maryland and they say it's a prequel to The Wire. You can find it on here.

"Warning goes before destruction and that warning is not always verbal, but life itself is that warning." -Life

30 years later, this is still a classic! 🎥💯❤️

And Cain would return from the dead for the sequel, put on a red mask and a red outfit, and become The Big Red Machine known as...Kane. 🔥

' For the Nostalgia ' is a REAL one ❤

The clip of the lady grooving to the H-Town song cracks me up every time 😂

"What the fuck yu telling me for?" Is one of the funniest movie lines that shouldn't be funny

At first watching this movie I felt bad for Caine. After I grew up, I only felt bad for shareef. Oh, and the dude who got his Dayton spoke wires robbed off his 5.0 from Caine as well.

The hood movie where the protagonist gets killed at the end. If nothing else tells you the harsh reality of that thug life, I don't know what will.

Where was odog’s folks ? because he was wildin’ . Great review much love ❤️

It damn near made me cry when his grandma had to make the decision to stop coddling Cain once his grandpa told him he couldn't stay there I understand why they had to protect their home and Cain was getting into too much trouble

That scene with Bill Duke😂😂😂😂😂

Lol i wonder when Caine took dude's rims. Did the guy just stand there and watch Caine take them off one at a time. 😅

The main character of this movie had one of the worst self fulfilling name in hood movie history. The idea of naming your black son after the father of biblical murder is like giving your daughter one of best known stripper name. People who believe in nature versus nurture should use this as an example .

This movie. Haunting heartbreaking yet you can't help but get wrapped up in it. Baby anthony is so cute and smart for his age. Cain realized too late he wanted a different life.

My brother and I used to watch Menace 2 Society every other Saturday. Still a classic to this very day.

Just rewatched this movie last night 🎉❤ you’re always right on time 🫶🏽

I believe that Caine felt like he was in a hopeless situation. Even though Ronnie, Shareef, Stacy, & Mr Butler was trying to steer him in a different direction he couldn't envision it for himself . By the time everyone's messages got through to him it was too late.

This movie was a perfect representation of that way of life if you lived in those times, areas or that life in the late 80s and early 90s. This movie is definitely a classic and time capsule of that time

I was 11 years old when this movie came out. I remember the movie theater i went to was jam packed

Enjoyed the Review as always but you left out one of the best parts in the movie..... The Cheeseburgers scene

This movie was very gritty. O dog was a straight-up sociopath. And Cain had too many chances but he was reckless.

I hadn't watched this movie in several years, but the last time I did, one scene stood out to me. After visiting Purnell in prison, O-Dogg was acting like O-Dogg, teasing and pretending to be some stranger who was gonna off him. Caine was sick of his childishness, and he was gonna open up about how Purnell spoke to him. Then, Ilena's cousin pulled up, and Caine reverted back to his destructive behavior. I actually think that Purnell was the one that got to him for a brief period. Especially when considering that Caine avoided him for so long, and seeing him in that state made him realize he was bound to become his mentor or even worse that made him snap into reality, for a moment. But Caine couldn't get out of his own way long enough to where he could've saved his own life, and those around him (he likely would've ended up locked up still, but he wouldn't be dead. And neither Sharif). Thanks for the review! I'm a recently new subscriber and I got the notification for the video 😊😊

Btw it's a interesting that this movie came out when the LA Riots/ Latasha harlins thing was going on especially with the Asian store owners death in the movie

O-dog is a straight up demon man. He's really cold af

Harold ain’t have no beef. He was carjacked

My fav hood film of all-time since as a kid and make great commentary with your voice, marvelous

One thing missed here was that his boys tried to him to leave Ilena alone which he ignored. Caine was the opposite of Trey in Boyz N the Hood, there was guidance that he heeded which made him get out the car vs Caine staying in and committing murder. With all the dirt Caine did his death wasn't as sad as it should have been but he clearly had options.

7:45 O Dog is the type of dude that would livestream a robbery he was committing if he had an IG!

I love the “pop up video” caption❤

Whenever you feel dumb, immature, etc., just remember that there is always that one person who has the same exact mentality as O-Dog.

Can't wait! Do you take requests? If so, is there time to do a tales from the hood video for Halloween?

You bringing up the San Andreas reference earned you a new subscriber! Great breakdown

This movie is the 1 I thought you were going to do (& thought you already did) when you reviewed "Dead Presidents." I love this movie as well as that 1.

larenz tate has more style than anyone I know

Seek Christ in these final moments 🤎

Despite all the warning and invitations from Ronnie and his friends to leave I never felt like Cain would. Cain himself has a very fatalistic outlook because of his parents fates, systematic oppression, etc. I don’t think he believes in free will at all. His destiny is preordained to him. Whats even more messed up is he’s ok with it. He doesn’t valued his life until it flashes before his eyes. When talking about Atlanta, he says “I’m still going to be black in Atlanta.” He’s right all of his problems won’t disappear because he’s in a new environment. But it could work. The whole movie has this theme of fate and life being predetermined from birth.

This movie is FILLED with Black all-stars. Shout out to the Hughes Brothers.

I was a wife and mother by 21 and barely navigating life because my grandmother had passed and my mom was still living her best crack life. Daddy had OD at 33, when I was 15. Not to mention, I had to grow up early to work and help with my younger siblings. I refused to become a victim of my environment and circumstances. My imagination was fueled by a relentless drive. I hate not being raised by my parents. I’m thankful for my grandparents who did. They all left me early in life. However, the wisdom from my grandparents and lived experiences (some traumatic) of my parents equipped me for my journey. You couldn’t have told me thirty years later, I’d earned my PhD. To God be all of the glory. Talking about life going full circle. The stories I share with my mentees 🙏🏽❤️ Outstanding review and commentary, as always🥰🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️

As always, bringing us classic after classic. It's been a while, but definitely digging this one out again soon. Thank you ❤

“When elders was elderimg” I feel that 😂

Cain had TWO CHANCES to change smh

I'm loving you more. You are reviewing all the movies I love back to back.

Just found this channel and it’s a gem. The voice soothing and commentary hit😂😂

Caine and Harold were two of my first movie crushes lol

Thank you so much for all of your hard work that you put into each videos. They are very entertaining and you break down the movies soooo well!! 🙌🙌🙌🖤🖤🖤

Yess I need these reviews real bad for midterm week they relax me great job again girly ❤

Watching this movie as an adult, you really can see Caine isn't a great person. it feels like everyone see's him as this great guy to be around and worth helping etc. But he never does anything special. He honestly doesn't seem to have any potential either. It seems like his greatest accomplishment is graduating high school. It's like he's hopeless and on auto pilot...which...is extremely scary for how realistic he is. Like...he's not some super hero, not a legendary gangster, not a crazy fighter, not super smart or bright. he's a very realistic person you'd see in the hood making so many wrong choices. He's not exactly evil, but he's also not good. like, in his last moments he's trying to make sure the kid isn't hurt. That's like his instincts kicking in. But i wonder...that man he robs in the car...would Caine have killed him if that man decided to fight back like his cousin Harold? Would Caine have become truly evil like O-Dogg? Without this scene, we could say Caine is most good. Most good people would want revenge for killing their cousin in front of them, so you can empathize with him still. But the robbery scene shows he's not purely good. Also, based on what Shareef says about the girl, and considering the integrity of Shareef, I believe Caine really did use a condom with that girl. She slept with some other guy and decided Caine should be the father because he was the best option for her situation. It's extremely common for certain women to do that. Sot hat adds a whole new layer to the situation that revolves arounds his death. I also wish the movie didn't gloss over the fact that O-Dogg is arrested at the end. If you watch the ending during the constant fades to black, you see O-Dogg wearing the same clothes getting arrested at night. If you watch the trailer for the movie, you see some deleted Scenes of Stacy and Ronnie talking to the police at night (the same time and location O-Dogg is being arrested). There's cops all over the scene and it's showing Anthony (the kid) sitting on the porch crying because of what happened. I really want to watch a cut of this movie with all the scenes restored.

Great job on the review 👏🏾! This is one of my favorite movies 🎬!

I still remember the Asian guy saying " I feel sorry for your mother".

My favorite hood classic! I never noticed Too Short was in this movie either. Now umma have to watch it again. Cain was living a fast life and he unfortunately met the consequences of all his actions. I feel in love with Larenz Tate during this movie and been loving him since. Such a great actor. Bones!!

Yayy I can’t wait I love your channel! I was just looking for more videos yesterday to watch lol💗💗

Cain was a horrible person ; I’ve been saying this since ‘94- deserves everything he got!

This is a great movie with a sad ending

okay, ive been watching move breakdowns and reviews on youtube for as long as i can remember, ive been SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE WHO LOOOK LIKE ME WHO BREAKDOWN MOVIES from MY CHILDHOOD, that fit the vibe. YOU MY DEAR, EARNED MY SUBSCRIPTION... that "knockin the boots" part had me DYINGGGGG

I love this movie! I like it a lot more than Boyz in the hood but I do like the comparisons between both the main characters between Trey and Cain. Cain is someone who didn’t have a furious in his life and it reflected that compared to Trey. Also maybe I might be a bit biased for this movie because Lorenz Tate is in the movie and he’s so handsome even with those lil yatti braids 😂😂

i was looking for this video just yesterday, i'm so excited to watch this!!!

I love this channel!! Such nostalgia and you said ExactIy what I always thought!!

Great review as always sis 🙌🏾. I can’t tell you how many times my cousin and I used to rewind the car scene with Kane, O-Dog and Wax looking for Harold’s killers. O-Dog cursing Kane out used to crack us up. I can recite that scene word for word. 😂 My cousin fell in love with Larenz Tate and she still crush on him til’ this day. Tyrin and Larenz are still fine. 😍 The next review, I know the movie and revenge is sweet.

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The unintentionally funny lines in this movie: "Aye homie, you need some help?" "Muh-fucker I said a double burger wif cheese!" "Oh you ah baller huh, you ah baller?" 😃 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Loving your videos. And you style reminds me of the "Pop up Videos" that I used to love as a kid.😃❤

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