Menace II Society is exclusively a TV series.
Menace II Society ( pronounced Menace to Society ) is a 1993 American hood drama thriller 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 the 1990s South Central Los Angeles , California . The film follows the life of a young man named Kaydee `` Caine '' Lawson and his close friends .