Nella giungla di cemento

Titolo originale: Menace II Society

1993
T
1h 37min

VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,5/10

66.019

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

3.920

Larenz Tate and Tyrin Turner in Nella giungla di cemento (1993)

A young hustler on the street searches for a way out of the temptations of the ghetto

Riproduci trailer1: 42

2 video

34 foto

Dark Comedy Teen Drama Crime Drama Thriller

Un giovane imbroglione di strada tenta di sfuggire ai rigori e alle tentazioni del ghetto alla ricerca di una vita migliore.Un giovane imbroglione di strada tenta di sfuggire ai rigori e alle tentazioni del ghetto alla ricerca di una vita migliore.Un giovane imbroglione di strada tenta di sfuggire ai rigori e alle tentazioni del ghetto alla ricerca di una vita migliore.

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,5/10

66.019

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

3.920

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

Premi
- 2 vittorie e 5 candidature totali

Video2

Foto34

+ 28

Altri elementi simili

Trama

Modifica

Lo sapevi?

Modifica

Quiz
Tupac Shakur was originally cast to play Sharif but was fired, which led to a physical fight with co-director Allen Hughes. Shakur was charged with assault and battery and bragged about the altercation on an appearance on Yo! MTV Raps (1988). A tape of the appearance was played at the trial as evidence against Shakur, and he was sentenced to fifteen days in jail.

Blooper
Before the drive-by shooting at the end of the film, Illena's cousin is seen loading an Uzi machine pistol, and when the shooting is about to begin, he aims this gun out of the car window. However, when the shooting actually starts, he has changed over to a TEC-9, a completely different type of machine pistol.

Citazioni
[Caine Lawson reflecting after being shot]
Caine: After stomping Ilena's cousin like that, I knew I was gonna have to deal with that fool someday. Damn. I never thought he'd come back like this, blasting. Like I said, it was funny like that in the hood sometimes. I mean, you never knew what was gonna happen, or when. I'd done too much to turn back, and I'd done too much to go on. I guess in the end it all catches up with you. My grandpa asked me one time if I care whether I live or die. Yeah, I do. Now it's too late.

Versioni alternative
The Criterion Collection director's cut on LaserDisc includes the following additional footage:
An extra shot of bullets leaving the back of the guy Samuel L. Jackson kills
An extra shot of Awax holding the gang member while he shoots him
An small scene showing how Caine and O Dog brake into the car in the garage
Two extra shots of bullet wounds during the final scene
It also includes two deleted scenes; the funeral of Caine's cousin and a scene at his grandparents' house after the funeral

Connessioni
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Made in America/Menace II Society/Cliffhanger/Hot Shots! Part Deux/The Long Day Closes (1993)

Colonne sonore
Trigga Gots No Heart
Written by Spice 1 (as R.L. Green, Jr.), E-A-Ski (as S. Adams) and M. Ogleton
Performed by Spice 1
Courtesy of Jive Records

Recensioni degli utenti159

Lascia una recensione

Recensione in evidenza

9/10

Gritty and nihilistic answer to Boyz

Back then the Hughes Brothers would never even name Boyz'N'the Hood. Not just because it wasn't their influence, but because people like to compare movies. Especially when it seems like they are similar. And I say seem, because while the surface may suggest that, this is a whole different beast of a movie and a story.

This is way more gritty and no one will tell you that it is a feel good story. But the influence of Scarface and other movies of that kind are apparent. Like a Goodfellas tracking shot and many other things. The brothers may have been very young, but they knew what they wanted ... and they were lucky enough to get (most of?) it! Like the cast, but also the overall finance for the movie ... which brings us back to Boyz ... over the years they themselves came to terms, that their movie probably got green-lit because of the success of Boyz ... and that's not a bad thing.

And while this is down and dirty, like Scarface it's a warning, a tale of things that can and will go wrong. What goes around, comes around ... there's a lot to read into this, but the Hughes Brothers wanted show how things were ... and the influence of the movie was felt. Especially with other movies trying to copy or at least pay homage to Menace ...