Blu-ray & 4K : MENACE II SOCIETY (1993) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: A raw, riveting portrait of the violence of life in Watts, Los Angeles, by Albert and Allen Hughes Directors Albert and Allen Hughes and screenwriter Tyger Williams 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 (Tyrin Turner) is growing up under the influence of his ruthless, drug-dealing father (Samuel L. Jackson, in a chilling cameo) and his loose-cannon best friend, O-Dog (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 (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.

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New on DVD and Blu-ray: ALPHA (2018) Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee

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Product Description: Young Keda tries to survive alone in the wilderness after he's left for dead during his first hunt with his Cro-Magnon tribe. He soon forms an unlikely alliance with a lone wolf that was abandoned by its pack. Facing overwhelming odds and nonstop danger, Keda and the wolf must now trek through a harsh and unforgiving landscape to make it home before winter.

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"Alpha" is an adventure film set in the last Ice Age, 20,000 years ago in Europe, and it follows a young man (Kodi Smit-McPhee) injured during a hunting expedition who tames a lone wolf abandoned by its pack. Together they endure countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before winter arrives.

The film is directed by Albert Hughes ("The Book of Eli") from a script by Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt. Natassia Malthe, Leonor Varela, Jens Hultén, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson and Mercedes de la Zerda co-star.

"Alpha" opened in theaters on August 17, 2018 and received mostly positive reviews from critics. The film overperformed in its opening weekend at the box-office, grossing $10.5 million. It was expected to gross around $6-8 million. Still, the film's $51 million budget makes it a less impressive debut.

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