![]() ![]() The problem with this film was that it was kind of all over the place in tone. Of course, he got a little violent at times, but maybe it was done to balance his character a bit. Beanie Sigel actually played a somewhat threatening criminal, but some of that went out the window when being confronted by cops and mocking them when being surrounded. The thing about this film was that these characters were shown as wannabes, the type of people who are getting into petty crimes but they aren’t exactly threatening. He was a pretty popular rapper at the time, so it was understandable (though I will get to another billing, just wait). Hell, it was even done with the character of Stu, played Beanie Sigel, as he was shown in the artwork/poster and was billed. What was funny (and I mean funny as in odd) was that whenever there was a character introduced, there were bits when it would go into freeze-frame and the character’s name would appear on screen. Hey, it was a bit of a change from pushing drugs and such. However, his mother died and he is broke, so he needed to find a way to get by. He has a girlfriend and a son, as well as some friends (and with this type of film, one of them is white guy trying to act street man, how of its time it was). It mainly revolved around Shawn, played by Kevin Hart, who had just gotten out of jail and is trying to find his way. This film’s plot wasn’t really anything special. ![]() Though I tell myself a lot that I should cover a much earlier example like 1993’s Who’s The Man, but that’s a topic for another day. Hell, the first State Property came out the same year, and this was at a time when you would see a lot of these low-budget movies with rappers in the cast, and this dated as far back as the late-1990s. When looking at the cast for this movie, it showed that it was definitely a product of the early-2000s. With this being a Roc-a-Fella film, I should probably compare this to the State Property films, especially the second film, considering it was directed by Damon Dash, add to the fact that Beanie Sigel was in this movie. Make no mistake about it, I have covered films like this before. But in this case, we’re going a bit earlier than Soul Plane, when he played the lead role in the 2002 “rapsploitation” flick, Paper Soldiers. In this case, when seeing Kevin Hart, the man has come a long way, whether it’s watching the Ride Along films from the 2010s, or even some of his earlier work, like 2004’s Soul Plane, which may be something I should touch on someday. When looking at some stars of today, or of any era, sometimes it’s funny to seek some of that star’s earlier work to see how far that person has gone in his/her career. Production Companies: Roc-a-Fella Films/Universal Pictures Rap Movie Review… on Rap Movie Review – The M… Omar Days on Movie Soundtracks: The Substit… Video Game Review: D… on Video Game Review: Def Jam Ven… ![]() Movie Review:… on Rap Movie Review – Half… Keefe D arrested for connection of Tupac’s murder: My thoughts. ![]()
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