"Actor: Tyrin Turner"

• Menace II Society | DVD | (05/07/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Tyrin Turner may not have broken out into stardom as was initially expected, but his work in Menace II Society is one of the more powerful cinematic debuts. The film, from the brother writer-director team of Allen and Albert Hughes, chronicles life in the Los Angeles 'hood. Similar territory was covered in the equally commanding Boyz N the Hood, but what makes this cautionary tale stand out is not only the Hughes brothers' forceful story, (written with their friend, Tyger Williams) and direction, but the naturalness of then-newcomer leads Turner as Caine, Larenz Tate as O-Dog, and Jada Pinkett as Ronnie. They are so credible--occasionally frighteningly so--that the repressive universe of violent ghetto life is captured effectively. Life as portrayed here-and no doubt accurately so--is both figuratively and literally narrow. As a very young boy, Caine witnesses his dad murdered over something inconsequential, and his mom OD. His is a world where respect comes from intimidation, power from violence. Despite his understanding of right and wrong (values passed on by a good friend, his kind grandparents, a caring teacher), his life and its entrapments are too much to overcome. --N.F. Mendoza

• Menace II Society (1993) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (06/12/2021) from £32.75   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directors Albert and Allen Hughes(The Book of Eli) and screenwriter Ttger Williams (The Perfect Guy) were barely into their twenties when they sent shock waves through American cinema and hip-hop culture with this fatalistic, unflinching vision of life and death on the streets of Watts, Los Angeles, in the 1990s. There, in the shadow of the riots of 1965 and 1992, young Caine (Panther's Tyrin Turner) is growing up under the influence of his ruthless, drugdealing father (Pulp Fiction's SAMUEL L. JACKSON, in a chilling cameo) and his loose-cannon best friend, O-Dog (Love Jones' Larenz Tate), leading him into a spiral of violent crime from which he is not sure he wants to escape, despite the best efforts of his grandparents and the steadfast Ronnie (The Matrix Revolutions' Jada Pinkett). Fusing grim realism with a propulsively stylish aesthetic honed through the Hughes brothers' work on rap videos, Menace II Society is a searing cautionary tale about the devastating human toll of hopelessness. Special Edition Features: Original 2.0 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio Two audio commentaries from 1993 featuring directors Albert and Allen Hughes Gangsta Vision, a 2009 featurette on the making of the film New conversation among Albert Hughes, screenwriter Tyger Williams, and film critic Elvis Mitchell New conversation among Allen Hughes, actor and filmmaker Bill Duke, and Mitchell Interview from 1993 with the directors Deleted scenes Film-to-storyboard comparison Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by film critic Craig D. Lindsey

• Menace II Society | DVD | (14/02/2000) from £14.18   |  Saving you £-1.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Tyrin Turner may not have broken out into stardom as was initially expected, but his work in Menace II Society is one of the more powerful cinematic debuts. The film, from the brother writer-director team of Allen and Albert Hughes, chronicles life in the Los Angeles 'hood. Similar territory was covered in the equally commanding Boyz N the Hood, but what makes this cautionary tale stand out is not only the Hughes brothers' forceful story, (written with their friend, Tyger Williams) and direction, but the naturalness of then-newcomer leads Turner as Caine, Larenz Tate as O-Dog, and Jada Pinkett as Ronnie. They are so credible--occasionally frighteningly so--that the repressive universe of violent ghetto life is captured effectively. Life as portrayed here-and no doubt accurately so--is both figuratively and literally narrow. As a very young boy, Caine witnesses his dad murdered over something inconsequential, and his mom OD. His is a world where respect comes from intimidation, power from violence. Despite his understanding of right and wrong (values passed on by a good friend, his kind grandparents, a caring teacher), his life and its entrapments are too much to overcome. --N.F. Mendoza

• Menace II Society | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  Caine learns early how to hustle. His mother OD'd on heroin and his father was murdered in a drug deal. A visit to the grocers with his homeboy O-Dog results in a blood soaked robbery as the boys are treated with suspicion and fear. These are emotions they meet too often. Living in a world where arguments are settled with a gun you don't care whether you live or die. Caine has never killed anyone but it's just a matter of time...

• Deep Cover | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  There's a thin line that devides the perfect criminal and the perfect cop. It's a fine white line and Officer Russell Stevens is about to step over it. Clean cop Stevens goes undercover to bust LA's biggest narcotics network and discovers it's a short step between catching a criminal and becoming one... A raw and sometimes shocking slice of life from the streets where money makes the rules and drugs do the talking.

• Menace II Society | Blu Ray | (28/09/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Caine learns early how to hustle. His mother OD'd on heroin and his father was murdered in a drug deal. A visit to the grocers with his homeboy O-Dog results in a blood soaked robbery as the boys are treated with suspicion and fear. These are emotions they meet too often. Living in a world where arguments are settled with a gun you don't care whether you live or die. Caine has never killed anyone but it's just a matter of time...

• Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation | DVD | (27/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £10.99

  From Janet Jackson's multi-platinum album 'Rhythm Nation 1814' comes the first ever DVD video compilation containing the videos of US No.1s Miss You Much Escapade Black Cat and Love Will Never Do (Without You) which was directed by world-renowned photographer Herb Ritts. Digitally remastered audio and visuals bring the conceptual video Rhythm Nation to new life. Also included are interviews and behind the scenes footage of Janet plus the extended version of Alright which includes cameos by Heavy D. Cyd Charisse The Nicholas Brothers and jazz legend Cab Calloway. Tracklist: 1. Prologue 2. Miss You Much 3. Rhythm Nation 4. Escapade 5. Alright (Extended Version) 6. Come Back To Me 7. Black Cat 8. Love Will Never Do (Without You) 9. Epilogue

• Crime Partners | DVD | (28/08/2006) from £16.16   |  Saving you £-6.17 (-61.80%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Billy (Tyrin Turner) and Jackie (John Bryant) two bottom-rung criminals are sick of getting no recognition for their work. When a crime boss asks them to handle a high-profile hit they're ready for the recognition but unfortunately they aren't prepared for the aftermath! Based on a novel by Donald Goines.