StateProperty2

I'd never heard of this movie before I got to the theater.

It is presented, stylistically, like 'Pootie Tang' but this film is eons from the Pootie.

Its all about thug life and how commin' up in the hood means you gotta do some stuff most of the rest of the world would condemn. Like thinking it's badass to have a nickname like "the crazy chicken", selling massive amounts of crack, and bustin' a cap because it beats dealing with that person later. Prison is just a thing you do. You go down for a few years, make some new connections, walk, and return to the life that put you behind bars.

There is a lot of plot in this movie but it's hard to tell who's-who and what's-what between all the celebrity cameos (ODB, we miss you) and people getting shot that have nothing to do with anything.

It looks like a documentary, sounds like a documentary, and has the production values of a documentary but... it isn't a documentary. At least, I don't think it is. They didn't really change people's names. Beannie was 'Beans'. Cam'ron was 'Cam'ron'. ... and so on.

Also, for such a heavy topic, they really went out of their way to avoid forming an opinion. There isn't a moral. Lots of people die and everyone just keeps doin' what they do. Because it looked like a Documentary and didn't have a strong message about drugs or murder being bad, I walked away ith the feeling like this film and it's makers holeheartedly endorse this lifestyle. Which is probably the case see as the film was written by, directed by, and stared, Damon Dash - CEO of Roc-A-Fella Records and all the cameos were Roc-A-Fella artists and all the cloths were, either, RocaWear or State Property gear.

Was it a good movie? Probably not. Was it a bad movie? I sat through the whole thing and never found the moral. What does that mean? I haven't a clue.

I'm just going to call it a 90 minutes commercial.