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Snipes

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4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

How was this movie not released until now? It was made when Nelly released his second album and Sam Jones (who pulls a Sean Nelson and steals the show)stars on Smallville. While you can figure out the plot of the movie in the middle of it. An unexpected plot twist happens that isout of the blue. There is another twist in this movie that reflects real life, however it will spoil the plot of the movie, so I'll post a warning here for those that doesn't want the movie's twist given away.

SPOILER....
Dante Suarez has a cameo in this movie and much like Prolifick, whose mucis is never released to the public. Dante's album was never released when RCA dropped him from thier label. So this is the only time you get to see him ever.

"Snipes" is entertaining. It's not a cinematic masterpiece, nor does it aspire to be. It's leaps and bounds better than your average hip-hop movie where the latest rapper du jour gets a starring vehicle..."Exit Wounds" with DMX was a painful movie to watch. "Snipes" is enjoyable. Sure, there are some scenes that stretch the limits of plausibility, but all in all, it's a fun movie.
In the interest of full disclosure, I must say that I worked on this movie as a Production Assistant, but I'm not biased. I only worked on it for 2 days. But in one scene, they put me in the movie. I get carjacked near the end. Of course, I had to sit through the entire movie to see my 5 seconds of screen time, but "Snipes" made it an enjoyable wait. Check it out if you like fun urban thrillers.

Nelly's debut movie was definitely a hit to me, not just because I'm his #1 fan, it just was.I recommend this movie it's good enough to see over again so I'm gon' hit the theaters back up. Although there were a very few things that weren't all that good but he's still a five!

First of all, I despise Nelly. I think he's one of the worst mainstream rappers out there. The man can't rap and this movie shows that he can't act either. I really don't understand why all the other reviewers praise him as one of the best rappers to act in a film (but then again, none of the other reviewers even bothered to mention Winter's brilliant acting, so what do they know?).

I know that it sounds like I'm being unfair to Nelly just because I don't like his music, I actually tried the best I could to give him a chance. The fact is, the guy didn't show any emotion whatsoever, had the same exact facial expression throughout the entire movie, and used nothing but annoying slang words (which is really probably the writer's fault).

The movie, however, really suprised me. After watching the first ten minutes, I was just about ready to shut it off (it seemed like just another steriotypical hood movie that uses a bunch of slang words that anyone who doesn't watch MTV or BET won't understand), but I'm glad that i stayed around. The plot turned out to be great, with lots of twists and suprising swerves.

In my opinion, the best thing about this film was Dean Winters. I'm a huge fan of the hit HBO show Oz (His character, Ryan O'Reily, is actually my favorite prisoner on the show), and I only rented this because he was in it. Dean didn't disappoint either. He plays the arrogant, greedy, and selfish Bobby Starr perfectly. In fact, he's so good that it's almost impossible not to hate him. I'd also like to mention that there's a terrific deleted/extended scene with Bobby Starr and Johnnie Marandino, where Bobby furtherly tries to persuade Marandino to fund him for his rap company.

Overall, Snipes was a suprisingly good film. I give it a 7/10.

I purchased this item and NEVER RECEIVED it !!! sent the seller WHERE'S MY STUFF to inform them that i never received the item.... but got no reply and no DVD ...GOOD LUCK

The reason I liked this film is b/c it exceeded my expectations.
The storyline was good. The acting was good. The overall premise was good. Nelly did an OK job.
good mixture of crime, exposing the criminals and digging for the truth.
This film shows just how ugly and misleading the music industry can be.
I recommend.

If you're expecting "Snipes" to be a standard entry in the rapper-tries-his-hand-at-acting genre, prepare to be pleasantly surprised. This is a complex, intelligently written thriller filled with unexpected twists and turns. Fans of Nelly will find plenty to praise (yes, he actually does have acting chops!), and as a hardcore fan of the HBO series "Oz" I loved the supporting roles played by Dean Winters and J.D. Williams (who also stars on HBO's "The Wire.") And interestingly, since this film came out, the female co-star, Zoe Saldana, has blown up as an actress. (She's had major roles in Steven Spielberg's "The Terminal" and starred opposite Ashton Kutcher in "Guess Who.")

In a nutshell, a smart screenplay, a solid cast and a lot of surprising twists add up to make "Snipes" a very entertaining film, and much more than you might expect upon first glance.

Sj3 is the effin' man, dawg. When he ain't helpin' out in Smallville with his amazing deliverence of "Aw Snap", or doing death defying stunts (See the episode where he says "It's ok, byron" and gets thrown, then gets run into by a car. A parked car.). And he was awesome as that autistic hero in Zig Zag, downright brilliant, makes me think he should have been the lead in Titanic. Leo who? Leonardo Jones III, that's who.

But none of this flick measures up to the spouting of his one line per episode of Smallville. "Bad" Pete is the bomb digity. And he does it with dignity. "For you, green means stop, red means go."

SJ3 is a shallow nickname, let's step it up, SJ Cubed.

Snap on, brother.

While I have yet to see this movie, it looks great. Nelly is talented and their is Brief Nudity.

Yes, first of all I am a HUGE fan of Nelly's and that's a main reason I wanted to buy the movie. So, I did and I LOVED it. It's not a one of those 'rapper movies', it's actually very good and excellent to be Nelly's first film appearance. I actually could place myself into each characters situations and actions, and it's not often I'm persuaded into movies to that depth.

From the beginning of the movie until the end, I never wanted to stop the movie, anyone to interrupt me and never once did I get bored with any of it. There was ALWAYS something going on to keep me interested in the movie.

Others may disagree but I really think this is a good movie. It has some vulgar language and some mature situations, dealing with fights, guns and abuse - but I recommend this movie to everyone and that's why I give Nelly and the movie 5 stars!