A police officer returns to his neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica to find himself in conflict with his childhood friend who is now the right-hand-man of the local gang-lord in a gun-running ... Read allA police officer returns to his neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica to find himself in conflict with his childhood friend who is now the right-hand-man of the local gang-lord in a gun-running racket. Jamaica's highest-grossing film to date.A police officer returns to his neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica to find himself in conflict with his childhood friend who is now the right-hand-man of the local gang-lord in a gun-running racket. Jamaica's highest-grossing film to date.
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This was a good movie, Story line put together well. Paul Campbell was amazing, I just felt something was missing. Good movie overall and great to watch.
Small town cop in Jamaica returns to Kingston to fight organized crime through his effective but not always nice methods.
Normally I dislike shot on video dramas since they come off as ultra cheap an inept, this film however bucks the trend is a pretty good little crime drama. The action is quite good and has a realistic feel and the performances are there and not the typical sort of posturing one often finds in films of this sort. It all works. Best of all the video production actually adds an immediacy that most movies shot on film don't have. This is one to consider if it hits cable or you see it in blockbuster. Its not the be all and end all but its worth a shot if you're doing a double feature.
Normally I dislike shot on video dramas since they come off as ultra cheap an inept, this film however bucks the trend is a pretty good little crime drama. The action is quite good and has a realistic feel and the performances are there and not the typical sort of posturing one often finds in films of this sort. It all works. Best of all the video production actually adds an immediacy that most movies shot on film don't have. This is one to consider if it hits cable or you see it in blockbuster. Its not the be all and end all but its worth a shot if you're doing a double feature.
It's a unique movie. Two best friends find themselves on opposites sides of the law. The basic story and structure is great, where it falters is the dialogue. It isn't that I couldn't understand it. It just had such awful lines like, "I'm sending you home guilty as charged" or "Not Nice, pay the price." The crew filmed this movie in Digital Video to save on the budget but that doesn't ever take away from the movie. A worthy rental or addition to your library.
The story is simple enough. Cop comes back to his old 'hood but this time its in Kingston, Jamaica. That means dancehall, reggae and a great performance by Paul Campbell who was also in Dancehall Queen. Very entertaining and worth watching because of Campbell's acting. He moves the film along and is a presence on the screen. The "Dancehall Queen" Audrey Reid plays the love interest. The acting is good all the way around. The scenes were shot in the area of Dungle.
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In his first full length movie Ali G has done wonderfully well. He has managed to transpose his everyday life from back home in Staines to the ghetto of Jamaca man.
The acting is first class. Capone is all class he reminds me of a young Clint Eastwood in this flick. Let me tell you his career is going to skyrocket (remember you heard it first here!).
The plot is intriguing and complicated -to complicated to describe here, but let me just say there is a lot of shooting!
I reccomend anybody who enjoyed this film should see "Pay It Forward" or "The Importance of being Ernest".
this is nick. signing off. untill next time. stay cool you batty boys.
The acting is first class. Capone is all class he reminds me of a young Clint Eastwood in this flick. Let me tell you his career is going to skyrocket (remember you heard it first here!).
The plot is intriguing and complicated -to complicated to describe here, but let me just say there is a lot of shooting!
I reccomend anybody who enjoyed this film should see "Pay It Forward" or "The Importance of being Ernest".
this is nick. signing off. untill next time. stay cool you batty boys.
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- TriviaAt the time, the biggest grossing film in Jamaica ever.
- Quotes
Gun runner #3: Bambaclaat, Babylon!
- ConnectionsFeatured in P.I.S. - Politiets indsatsstyrke: Bjarnes store dag (2001)
- SoundtracksZen Concrete
Written by Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar (as L. Dunbar), Robbie Shakespeare (as R. Shakespeare),
L. Willis
Performed by Sly & Robbie
Courtesy of Palm Pictures, LLC
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- Gross US & Canada
- $40,717
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,465
- Apr 16, 2000
- Runtime
- 1h 38m(98 min)
- Color
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