Thug Life

the plot had options; the brother of a gang-leader gets killed, the gang-leader wants revenge and sends his men out, to bring in the alleged killers while they try to escape from enemy territory. So far nothing wrong, a bit standard maybe but okay. in this movie, the gang-leader is some sort of religious leader who's main purpose in this movie seems to be making his followers scream "kingpins, till death". After watching them do this for 2 minutes, I kind of got the idea and when they repeated it several times during the movie it really became frustrating. the acting of the main characters wasn't really bad but it did not bring the movie to a higher level either. the action scenes where completely rubbish, guns without triggers, punches that where nowhere near the enemy, knifes that clearly did not penetrate. I'm usually not somebody who notices these details, but in this movie they can't be missed. When it comes to sound effects i think they overdone it. At one point a person is supposedly hit by a arm flying half a meter away from it but it sounded like somebody drove a car in a building.

I recommend everybody to watch this movie. buy lots of alcohol and invite your friend. You will probably laugh the entire movie about everything that sucks.

This movie is absolutely awful. It looks as if the director came up with the idea, grabbed some buddies, and shot it on a vhs camera. Absolutely awful. The acting, directing, kung fu, and plot are awful. Awful movie.

I think because napoleon an ex member of outlaws a group who 2pac was part of, you would naturally assume the film was gangster. 2pac was the definition of gangster on and off camera, I think napoleon being in the movie was a way to trap customers, because he has no acting skills whatsoever. I don't think the story line was effective at all, and the sound effects were so poor it's almost comical. I am a bit disappointed in lady of rage cos I think she could have done better than to act in such a poor movie, also some of the actors like the the main characters are actors in teen comedy like sister sister. Don't rent this film with hopes of seeing gangster style action cos it is wanksta wack

It was late and I was flippin' channels on cable. I caught this crap right from the beginning! I thought I recognized Cullen, and the old Transco Tower. Then I thought I saw the old Allen Parkway! What is this. I perked up for a minute, and then why oh why did I start to pay attention to the "acting"? It was a terrible. The kung fu was pitiful, the plot was even worse. It was so stupid I had to call my best friend to see if she was watching the same crap I was, and lo and behold!!!! My friends, she was witnessing the same thing I was!! It was amazingly awful what this director has never to record this for prosperity. This movie is so damn dumb I hope no one ever takes it as a serious slice of real thug life....this was so sad. I did recognize some homies in the film though. Don't be mad cause your girl didn't like it. We are still cool! I hope y'all got paid!

It's hard to know whether this film is a drama or a comedy. On the one hand, it's serious because the film tries to make the point that living like a thug isn't what you want to do. Yet, the film is sometimes funny with the over the top martial arts scenes and it seems to overshadow the point of the film. Maybe the director, Greg Carter, wanted to show the dark thug life in a lighter light so that people would get the point. Either way, the film is entertaining and funny at times and the point that Greg Garter is supposedly willing to make is not lost on its audience.