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Belly

  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 36min
CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
6.2/10
13 k
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DMX and Nas in Belly (1998)
Trailer
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3 videos
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Drug CrimeGangsterCrimeDrama

Dos mafiosos despiertan a la vida.Dos mafiosos despiertan a la vida.Dos mafiosos despiertan a la vida.

  • Dirección
    • Hype Williams
  • Guionistas
    • Anthony Bodden
    • Nas
    • Hype Williams
  • Elenco
    • Nas
    • DMX
    • Taral Hicks
  • Ver la información de producción en IMDbPro
  • CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb
    6.2/10
    13 k
    TU CALIFICACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Hype Williams
    • Guionistas
      • Anthony Bodden
      • Nas
      • Hype Williams
    • Elenco
      • Nas
      • DMX
      • Taral Hicks
    • 154Opiniones de los usuarios
    • 22Opiniones de los críticos
    • 36Metascore
  • Ver la información de producción en IMDbPro
    • Premios
      • 1 nominación en total

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    Belly
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    'Creed II' Cast on Knockout Soundtracks and Inspiring Scenes
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    'Creed II' Cast on Knockout Soundtracks and Inspiring Scenes

    Fotos80

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    Elenco principal50

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    Nas
    Nas
    • Sincere
    DMX
    DMX
    • Tommy 'Buns' Bundy
    Taral Hicks
    Taral Hicks
    • Kisha
    Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins
    Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins
    • Tionne
    Hassan Johnson
    Hassan Johnson
    • Mark
    Oliver 'Power' Grant
    Oliver 'Power' Grant
    • Knowledge
    • (as Power)
    Louie Rankin
    • Lennox
    Stan Drayton
    • Wise
    • (as Stanley Drayton)
    James Parris
    • LaKid
    Method Man
    Method Man
    • Shameek
    Kurt Loder
    Kurt Loder
    • Kurt Loder
    Benjamin F. Chavis
    Benjamin F. Chavis
    • Rev. Saviour
    • (as Minister Benjamin F. Muhammed)
    Tyrin Turner
    Tyrin Turner
    • Rico
    Jay Black
    • Black
    John 'B.J.' Bryant
    • Thug #1
    Prince 'Blunt' Graham
    • Thug #2
    Wondosas 'Kilo' Martin
    • Thug #3
    Shaun Morrison
    • Housekeeper
    • Dirección
      • Hype Williams
    • Guionistas
      • Anthony Bodden
      • Nas
      • Hype Williams
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    Opiniones de usuarios154

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    Opiniones destacadas

    6StevePulaski

    Hip-hop noir in its finest (and perhaps only) form

    NOTE: This film was recommended to me by YouTube user Kjo Schultz for "Steve Pulaski Sees It." Hype Williams' Belly follows the troubled escapades of two New York street criminals named Tommy (DMX) and Sincere (Nas), in addition to their partners in crime, as the gang spends their nights cracking cars and robbing nightclubs using little else other than brute force. This provides them with pocket money for the meantime; enough where Tommy can satisfy his girlfriend Keisha (Taral Hicks) and Sincere can take care of his girlfriend Tionne (Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins) and infant daughter.

    However, the big break for these gentleman comes at the turn of the 2000's, when heroin prices are escalating and the business is becoming a lucrative venture for anyone willing to take the risk. Tommy and Sincere go on to meet "Ox" (Louie Rankin), a heroin drug lord who wants to work with the men due to their promise. The perils of urban life soon take their toll on the men, in addition to greed and self-absorption, most of it resting on Sincere, who has to constantly battle the push and pull effect he gets with his business and his wife nearly every day.

    Belly is an interesting street-drama largely for its cinematography, and surprisingly not so much for its two leading male performers, two of the biggest names in hip-hop at the time. Rather than opting for flare with a constantly moving camera or canted angles similar to the Hughes Brothers' Menace II Society (this film also featured Tyrin Turner from that film in a small supporting performance, as well), Williams and cinematographer Malik Hassan Sayeed employ a wide variety of different ambiance and aesthetic warmth to the film. Consider the scene in a nightclub, where the blacklights make the characters "glow" blue in a strangely eerie, unsettling manner. Then consider one of the chase sequences in the film and how Williams employs very vivid, cleanly shot and paced car chases that help make a film that's mostly grounded in reality suspend disbelief for a few minutes in order to give you something completely different.

    There's more variety to Belly than I initially had predicted. The issue at hand is that there is so much going on in Belly that it's a shame character development suffers as a result. Granted, this particular drama doesn't have a liberal three hours to build up character relations, but it doesn't have the same hard-hitting punch and haunting, "urban jungle" vibes as a film like New Jack City did a few year prior. DMX and Nas do a fairly adequate job of conveying characters, but there's not a lot to them as people, which makes their performances, as well as their characters, stunted from any kind of significant growth.

    On an unrelated note, the soundtrack for Belly is what truly pushes it over and makes it a presence. Songs from Wu-Tang Clan, Method Man, and DMX himself populate a film that pulsates with life and adds to the noir-aesthetic Williams and Sayeed work to create. While it's unfortunate that Belly's lacking character development and rather subpar plot distract its loftier, more impressive elements, there's almost never too many urban films that depict some kind of dichotomy between playing by the rules and ripping the rulebook to shreds when you look at where it has gotten you. The film, in many ways, proudly showcases that.

    Starring: DMX, Nas, Taral Hicks, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Louie Rankin, and Tyrin Turner. Directed by: Hype Williams.
    9wilsonasillson

    Brilliant

    Please disregard the above review. Either the viewer likes being spoon-fed his films, or was not paying attention. Note that the viewer didn't even attempt an understanding of the title "Belly," which was the central theme of the film. The viewers others comments can stand for themselves.

    In all honesty, the first time I watched this film, I actually turned the volume down -- I was enraptured by the way each scene was composed on the frame. Visually, this movie is stunning. The director has a striking style, and besides that, he is PRODIGIOUS -- there appears to be no end to the ways that he can make his compositions rich in visual entertainment and information. I can enumerate a list of techniques he used here, but that will be an exercise in boredom for today's cyber-nauts. Even more important, the compositions are never created for their own sakes, which was my initial criticism the first time I saw it -- they really do propel the film. The style is integral to the story. Get the film and you will see what I'm referring to; if you disagree, say so in your review.

    80% of the film seems to be a riff on the hip-hop video aesthetic (never mind the fact that the director greatly defined the recent shape of this aesthetic) and myth. In it's third act, however, it uses the very same conventions -- outlaw figures, ostentatious style, and violence -- to confront and question these aesthetics. In the climactic ending, this criticism is embodied in the confrontation between one of the heroes of the film (DMX) and a figure symbolic of actual figures from black history. The director actually used an anachronism to face down a contemporary hero, and argues for the relic.

    What the film argues for, as embodied by the final speech of the Minister character, is a message so powerful and relevant -- particularly to the very people who will associate themselves the most with this film -- that it will leave you breathless. It is a timeless message passed down from antiquity, framed by the most daring and contemporary of directors. It is an exhilarating juxtaposition.

    What of the title, "Belly?" A belly is what a pregnant woman has; it is the external shape of soon-to-be-born child. It is the womb, the source of life. It is the promise of what is to be, as well as the origins of what is. If you abstract it, it's shape will be that of a circle - the symbol of wholeness, of the journey to individuation. It is the same difficult journey that the movies' anti-heroes take.

    BELLY is a powerfully visual, yet simple tale about redemption. Not to be missed.
    10JPhish

    Derivative, but fantastic, see it

    I really get p***ed off at movie critics sometimes. This is one of those times. I have insomnia, see what's on TV, check the rating (1 star out of 4) and almost pass it by, but decide to watch it for the camp value.

    Why did critics hate this? Why do they in general hate movies like this? The film immediately reminded me of "The Harder They Come", "Pusher" (Nicolas Winding Refn's fantastic Danish film), "Laws of Gravity", "Kids", "Clerks", "Mean Streets", "Zebrahead", "The Killing of A Chinese Bookie", "Boogie Nights", "Rome, Open City" and "The Bicycle Thief". Why does it seem that film critics love neo-realism if its 'white', but usually hate it otherwise.

    If you're a fan of these kinds of movies, give this one a chance. Unfortunately, with the unfavorable judgment from up on high that this film received, I doubt anyone will read these words. Darn critics. I don't usually insinuate things like this, but I have to wonder if a racial aspect is at play here, that maybe xenophobia deflected a lot of critics from giving this one a chance. Oh well, I loved it in any case.
    8iolaus08

    Classic Hip Hop/Rap culture movie! Excellent!

    Despite any other negative reviews I truly enjoy this movie! The plot line parallels Scarface very closely but is done in such a different way that the movie has a feel of its own. The acting is excellent, and not just for rappers. All the performances in the movie can hold their own without any pretext. The plot in fast paced and intricate with twists, turns, ups and downs. The language is graphic but not unrealistic for the type of characters portraited. All in all this movie is entertaining from start to finish and all of my friends that have watched it with me have enjoyed it (even those that don't like rap at all).

    8 out of 10
    pingu-1

    a great urban flick!

    I find this movie great because I like the performances of Nas, DMX, Taral Hicks, Method Man, Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and I like how Hype Williams directed this film, it's so urban-like and realistic as possible. I watched this film thinking I feel sorry for these guys in the film that it makes you want to understand about the difficult times they have been through. I never took hip-hop and realistic urban views seriously until I watched this film, now I understand why it's a struggle on the streets instead of urban fairy tales for profit.

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    • Trivia
      The scenes where the characters are seen smoking weed in the film are real, the marijuana blunts being smoked are not props.
    • Errores
      When Roger is offering Tommy a deal, he tells him that, unless he cooperates, he will, "go to jail forever." Jail is where suspects are held before trial or for short sentences, typically less than one year. Prison is where someone would go to serve a longer sentence, especially one lasting "forever." A law enforcement officer, especially a high-ranking one like Roger, would know the difference and not use the terms interchangeably.
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      Rev. Saviour: I knew you were coming... so I sent everyone away... because I believed my final moment was at hand. Before you pull that trigger... and take my life, I would like the chance to tell you some things, perhaps to think about after I am gone. Don't worry about me stallin'. My people have orders to leave me to my studies for another 15 minutes. I will only take five. Can you bear with me? Will you? Then make up your mind. Today marks the change of not only a New Year, but a new millennium. Take a look around. The majority of the youth roam the streets... dealing in drugs, sex and violence, thinking these things have no real effect on life. Crimes without real punishment. An uncaring, unfeeling generation... without knowledge of self. This is the future of our nation, the future of our people. Do you think hatred and evil will go unpunished? The world is now feeling the heat... from flames it has kept burning since the beginning of civilization. You represent that fire. You and I are just a small part of God's plan. The evil men of this world have applied every method possible... to deceive its occupants. And each time with greater success than anticipated. But no more. Tonight, with this new millennium, God will begin to overcome this evil. I represent the truth... to the people. Without truth, nothing is sacred. The lie-that's what the devil is all about. You know that, that's why you're here. The truth is, we all play a grave role... in our own destruction. Your money. Your lifestyles. The things that people value and covet so dearly... are the bait that lures them out of the light. Through the love of others... I have power. The truth gives me this. Those that fear me send you here, here to murder all that I say. They use what you fear against you. Your fear of death, your fear of imprisonment. Where in this world is anyone safe from death? You see the lies you've been told? The path you take is not your own. Have you ever thought about how precious a life is? How difficult it is to create? How loosely and easily it has been for you to take away? Brother, help me. Help me to do what's right. Help me to stop the slaughter of our children. Help me to put an end to the disrespect... and the dishonor of our most valuable resource: the black woman. Help me put an end... to the destruction of the young mind through the use of drugs, alcohol. Help me to build up a population of great thinkers. People who create change... through thoughtfulness and spirituality. Will you choose that truth? Will you? Will you choose the light over the darkness? Hold it, stay where you are. Will you choose life? It's time. It's time, man. It's time.

    • Conexiones
      Featured in Mýa Feat. Noreaga & Raekwon: Movin' Out (1998)
    • Bandas sonoras
      Back to Life
      (a cappella version)

      Performed by Soul II Soul

      Written by Jazzie B (as Trevor Berrisford Romeo)

      Published by SONY/ATV Music

      Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc.

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 4 de noviembre de 1998 (Estados Unidos)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Idioma
      • Inglés
    • También se conoce como
      • Black Blood
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Irvington, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos(Shooting In Club Scene)
    • Productora
      • Big Dog Films
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    • Presupuesto
      • USD 3,000,000 (estimado)
    • Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • USD 9,639,390
    • Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • USD 3,454,776
      • 8 nov 1998
    • Total a nivel mundial
      • USD 9,639,390
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      1 hora 36 minutos
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