Later, Caine and his cousin Harold are carjacked en route from a party, with Caine being wounded and Harold being murdered. O-Dog flaunts the surveillance tape to his admiring friends, greatly annoying Caine. This led to his grandparents raising him in the crime-ridden Jordan Downs housing projects. In a voice-over, Caine reveals that his 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. After their purchase, the cashier insults and provokes O-Dog by saying, "I feel sorry for your mother." Consequently, O-Dog argues with him, fatally shoots both the cashier and his wife, takes the surveillance tape, robs the clerk's wallet and the cash register, and flees with Caine. It gained notoriety for its scenes of violence, profanity, and drug-related content, and also received critical acclaim for the performances of Turner, Jada Pinkett, and Larenz Tate, the direction, and its realistic portrayal of urban violence and powerful underlying messages.Ĭaine 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 Caine Lawson ( Tyrin Turner) and his close friends. For fans of the way "Menace II Society" deals with the life of crime, you'll find plenty to enjoy in "The Friends of Eddie Coyle." While the film features some wonderfully executed heists, it's far more about the way crime wears you down over time, and how nobody wins in the end.Menace II Society (pronounced Menace to Society) is a 1993 American teen drama film directed by the Hughes Brothers in their directorial debut.
Yates' film is a masterwork of tension, and Mitchum is brilliant in the lead role.
He's faced with a brutal decision: snitch on his colleagues for his freedom, or stay honest and find himself behind bars. He's done it before, you see, and it's left him penniless and opportunity-less. Coyle is facing a bootlegging charge for a job he took in New Hampshire, and he believes he can't handle hard time.
He is no stranger to difficulties with the law, and his life as a career criminal leads him with something nasty hanging over his head. The film's title is deeply ironic, as Coyle doesn't have a friend in the world.
One of his later roles, playing Eddie Coyle in Peter Yates' "The Friends of Eddie Coyle," is one of Mitchum's finest performances.
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