Film

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

1996 · 1h 29m · Comedy · Crime

Finally, the movie that proves that Justice isn't always Poetic, Jungle Fever isn't always pretty, and Higher Learning can be a waste of time.

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

32%

Metacritic

53

When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?

Shawn Wayans

Ashtray

Marlon Wayans

Loc Dog

Tracey Cherelle Jones

Dashiki

Chris Spencer

Preach

Vivica A. Fox

Ashtray's Mother

Lahmard J. Tate

Ashtray's Father

Rappin' Granny

Sister Williams

Suli McCullough

Crazy Legs

Bernie Mac

Officer Self Hatred

Faizon Love

Rufus

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Mailman

Kim Wayans

Mrs. Johnson

Helen Martin

Loc Dog's Grandma

Virginia Watson

Loc Dog's Mom

Darrel Heath

Toothpick

Omar Epps

Malik

• Paris BarclayDirector
• Shawn WayansScreenplay
• Marlon WayansScreenplay
• Phil BeaumanScreenplay
• Eric L. GoldProducer
• Keenen Ivory WayansProducer
• Mark BurgExecutive Producer
• Dan GenettiExecutive Producer
• Russ BrandtDirector of Photography
• John BarnesOriginal Music Composer

Trailer #1Theatrical Teaser

Release date

January 12, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

R

Budget

$3,800,000

Revenue

$20,949,601

Genres

Comedy, Crime

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