After their purchase, the cashier inadvertently insults and provokes O-Dog by saying, "I feel sorry for your mother." As a result, O-Dog argues with him, then kills him and his wife with his gun, takes the surveillance tape, robs the clerk's wallet and the cash register, and flees with Caine.Ī voice-over reveals that Caine's father Tat, a drug dealer, was killed in a drug deal gone wrong when Caine was 10, and his mother Karen, a heroin addict, died of a drug overdose. It gained notoriety for its scenes of violence, profanity and drug-related content, and also received critical acclaim for the performances of Turner, Pinkett, and Tate, the direction, and its realistic portrayal of urban violence and powerful underlying messages.Ĭaine “Kaydee” Lawson and his best friend Kevin "O-Dog" Anderson enter a liquor store to buy some malt liquor, where a Korean cashier and his wife rush them to pay for their drinks and leave, suspecting that they might be trying to steal something. The film is set in Watts and Crenshaw neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and follows the life of Kaydee "Caine" Lawson ( Tyrin Turner) and his close friends. Menace II Society (pronounced Menace to Society) is a 1993 American teen hood drama film directed by the Hughes Brothers in their directorial debut. For the accompanying soundtrack album, see Menace II Society (soundtrack).